Directors – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne – 2019 – Belgium, France – 85m ***1/2 Exclusively on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday, August 7th Belgian teenager Ahmed (Idir Ben Addi) is having problems with his teacher Miss Inès (Myriem Akheddiou). As he sees it, she disrespects his Muslim faith. His life timetable is governed by the […]
Director – Juzo Itami – 1985 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 114m ***** Plays in the BFI Japan 2021 season, December at BFI Southbank. This review was first published on All The Anime. This so-called ‘Noodle Western’ always sounded somewhat off-the-wall. It impressed when it first appeared in 1985 and viewing it again on […]
Director – Ang Lee – 1994 – Taiwan, US – Cert. PG – 124m ***** Originally published in Home Entertainment. Ageing restauranteur Chu (Lung Sihung) lives in Taipei with his three daughters – Christian schoolteacher Jia-Jen (Yang Kuei-mei), high-flying businesswoman Jia- Chien (Wu Chien-lieu) and teenage fast food assistant Jia-Ning (Wang Yu-wen). His problem (as […]
Director – Billie August – 1987 – Denmark – Cert. 15 – 157m ***1/2 Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1988 (61st) Oscars — Babette’s Feast (Babettes gæstebud) **** Director – Gabriel Axel – 1987 – Denmark – Cert. U – 103m Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1987 (60th) Oscars. […]
Director – Gabriel Axel – 1987 – Denmark – Cert. U – 103m **** Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1987 (60th) Oscars — Pelle The Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) ***1/2 Director – Billie August – 1987 – Denmark – Cert. 15 – 157m Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1988 (61st) […]
Director – Anna Sofie Hartmann – 2019 – Germany, Denmark – 82m **** On MUBI from Thursday, August 6th. As part of a series of films from the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. There is a beautiful, lengthy shot of a giraffe at the start. Beyond that, it’s hard to know why it’s called that. No […]
Director – David Cronenberg – 1996 – Canada – Cert. 18 – 100m ***** This review of the UK DVD was originally published in What DVD. See also my review for the Arts Centre Group’s member’s newsletter. Sold as a sex and car crash (and by implication action) movie, Crash is in reality something very […]