Director – Richard Laxton – 2014 – UK – Cert. 12a – 104m **** The eponymous heroine marries art critic John Ruskin who then fails to consummate their relationship – in Virtual Cinemas and on VoD from Monday, April 19th and BD/DVD Special Collector’s Edition from Monday, May 31st The real life story of Effie […]
Director – Neil Marshall – 2020 – UK – Cert. 15 – 111m *** A woman accused of witchcraft finds herself pitted in a battle of wills against her witchfinder torturer at the time of the Great Plague – on digital from Friday, April 16th and Shudder UK from Thursday, 13th May On the one […]
Director – Naomi Kawase – 2020 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 140m ***** An unmarried mum hands her child over to adoptive parents only to later decide that she wants the child back – Japan’s entry for the 2020/2021 Oscars is screening on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday, April 16th Naomi Kawase’s new film […]
Director – Emerald Fennell – 2020 – US – Cert. US R – 113m ***** A med school dropout seeks revenge on the students and others complicit in her best friend’s rape years before – on Sky Cinema and Now from Friday, April 16th Cassie (Carey Mulligan) goes to bars, gets wasted and is picked […]
Director – Li Jun – 2018 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 119m ***** It’s complicated. Upon hearing of the death of his oldest and dearest friend, a fiftysomething questions the edifice of family life he has constructed around himself over the decades – screened online in the UK as part of Focus […]
Director – Ryan Chan Hon-yan – 2019 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 30m ***** A security guard nearing the end of his life is given an ageing, dying dog by his grandson – online in the UK in the Fresh Wave short films strand of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, […]
Director – Li Ho – 2019 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 30m ***1/2 A human finger fragment turns up inside a tomato in an out of town vegetable plot – FREE TO VIEW in the UK in the Fresh Wave short films strand of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, March 31st […]
Director – Rei Leung Wan-yi – 2019 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ –25m ***** The progress of a former nightclub employee following his fortuitous encounter with a girl in a panda suit – FREE TO VIEW online in the UK in the Fresh Wave short films strand of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, […]
Director – Lam Ting-hin – 2015 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 12+ – 25m **** A cricket-obsessed Chinese-Indian, Muslim boy and a Chinese music student get to know each other after being put on neighbouring desks in class – FREE TO VIEW online in the UK in the Fresh Wave short films strand of […]
Director – Kiwi Chow – 2021 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 120m *** A recovering schizophrenic man falls in love with his psychiatric counsellor, who has relationship issues of her own – online in the UK as part of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, March 31st to Tuesday, April 6th […]