A portrait of the life of a dairy cow called Luma, this observational documentary unflinchingly chronicles its subject’s daily existencde, from grazing in green fields to giving birth, making milk and everything in between.
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Arnold is not asking us to take up arms against farms, merely to look into Luma’s eyes and think about what we see there.| Read in full: Cow film review We Love Cinema
Her camera simply gets up close and personal with cows as they moo and trot around and give birth and stare with mysterious placidity into the camera – sometimes thumping up against her sound mic with an almighty bang.The Guardian
Of course, the politics of Arnold’s films are never explored conventionally or explicitly. They lie in her sensory techniques, the murky counter-narratives and affective capacities of her marginalised subjects.Little White Lies
The film’s value as a deeply embedded, searingly realist portrayal of modern animal husbandry, and the authenticity of Arnold’s passionate empathy for her subject’s bovinity are never in doubt.Sight and Sound
In his fourth feature film, writer-director Louis Garrel explores with wit and tenderness the risk and worth of second chances
A mountain trek intertwines with a road-building project, granting incisive, if underpowered, insight into a much underseen world
With none of the saving graces of Tetris, Air, or Barbie, this ambition-free look at the Beanie Baby craze is pure mediocrity
Celine Deveaux's French-Portuguese debut can be too quirky for its own good, but a fantastically written lead character keeps it afloat
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
