Richard Mowe

Richard is an arts, film and features journalist, attends festivals around the world including Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Deauville, Locarno, London, Venice and Taormina. His passion for cinema ran away with him when he helped to create two Film Festivals, now 20 years old, and devoted to French-Francophone cinema and Italian cinema at different locations around the UK in November and April respectively.

He is a director of boutique UK film distributors CinéFile and ran the Lumière cinema in Edinburgh over a number of years. He is a member of the National Union of Journalists, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, FIPRESCI the international federation of film critics, the Critics’ Circle, and the Guild of Regional Film Journalists.

We have 276 reviews by Richard Mowe in the database: read them here

Latest Film Reviews

Queen At Sea
As advanced dementia erodes an older woman’s ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interests, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection and autonomy.
De Gaulle: Part 2 - Liberté
Second part of the biopic following Charles De Gaulle's life between 1940 and 1945.
Pretty Babies
Two young girls flee their hometown drawn by the seductive promise of the Hollywood but their American Dream soon fractures.
Borges And Me
In the early 1970s writer and student Jay Parini finds himself committed to driving blind poet Jorge Luis Borges across the Scottish countryside. The pair form a bond over the journey.
Skintown
During the 1994 IRA ceasefire, two best friends try to escape their lives in a small Irish town.
Sea Of Glass
After experiencing immense family turmoil in the wake of her husband’s death, a woman seeks solace in a quiet seaside town. There, she forms an unexpected bond with a young woman.
Black Money For White Nights
After years of saving money from the small bribes they collect, 60-year-old Marina and her husband Gosha from Bulgaria are preparing for their dream trip to St Petersburg to witness the White Nights. But when Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with all their savings, the couple’s dream collapses.
The Guest
New parents Karl and Emilie are looking forward to a weekend break where they plan to announce their baby's name. The day before the celebration, Karl's estranged mother shows up.
A Happy Family
A mother finds her life turned upside down after a fire leads to her children being put in foster care and becomes determined to track them down.
Chica Checa
A postwoman tries to fulfil the last wish of her ailing mother.

Features

Mission director Paul Wright on his 'psychic punk exploration' with George MacKay
08 Sep 2026
Mission director Paul Wright on his 'psychic punk exploration' with George MacKay
France’s film industry mourns death of Jean-Paul Rappeneau at 94
02 Sep 2026
France’s film industry mourns death of Jean-Paul Rappeneau at 94
Bart Simpson on why Terry Gilliam paid tribute to his 'God'
02 Sep 2026
Bart Simpson on why Terry Gilliam paid tribute to his 'God'
Greek gothic noir Sea Of Glass turns the tables on two mainstream classics
22 Aug 2026
Greek gothic noir Sea Of Glass turns the tables on two mainstream classics
Skintown director Kieron J Walsh on The Troubles, male friendship and winning Sean Connery Prize
20 Aug 2026
Skintown director on The Troubles, male friendship and winning the Sean Connery Prize

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News Stories

Best of British and Irish in Dinard
17 Sep 2026
Five competition titles line up for the Hitchcock d'Or
Edinburgh gets back its mojo
14 Aug 2026
Festival director on legacy, world premieres and the future
Amira takes jury helm in Dinard
31 Jul 2026
Irish “sentimental love letter” to cinema will open festival
Fruit Gathering and The Guest take top prizes in Karlovy Vary
11 Jul 2026
Juliette Binoche and Jeffrey Wright honoured in festival finale
McGregor, Branagh and Vachon bound for Edinburgh
02 Jul 2026
Film festival launches 79th programme of premieres and encounters

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Galleries

First images of The House That Jack Built
27 Apr 2018
Cannes 2024 - opening night
14 May 2024
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