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Mr. Vampire IV
aka
Mr. Vampire
Saga IV
(Geung See
Suk Suk,
靈幻先生)

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Post date May 28 2023
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aka
Mr. Vampire
Saga IV
(Geung See
Suk Suk,
靈幻先生)
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Director – Ricky Lau – 1988 – Hong Kong – Cert. 12 – 96m ***1/2 A feud between Taoist and Buddhist neighbours, and a tentative romance between their boy and girl apprentices, are interrupted by the arrival of a coffin, from which a hopping corpse escapes – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday, […]

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Master Gardener

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Post date May 15 2023
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Director – Paul Schrader – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 107m **** Order and chaos. A man works bringing horticultural order to his employer’s garden estate, but the disorder of his past threatens to catch up with him and wreak havoc upon it Or. A man engaged in sexual relations with his female […]

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A Light
Never Goes Out
(Deng Huo Lan Shan,
Dang Fo Laan Saan,
燈火闌珊,
lit. Waning Light)

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Post date May 12 2023
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Never Goes Out
(Deng Huo Lan Shan,
Dang Fo Laan Saan,
燈火闌珊,
lit. Waning Light)
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Director – Anastasia Tsang – 2022 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 103m **** The widow of a Hong Kong neon sign maker attempts to fulfil his last wish in constructing a specific neon sign, despite new regulations outlawing them – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 12th #ALightNeverGoesOut Mei-heung (Sylvia Chang) hangs […]

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The Blue Caftan
(Le Bleu Du Caftan)

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Post date May 5 2023
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(Le Bleu Du Caftan)
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Director – Maryam Touzani – 2022 – Morocco – Cert. 12a – 122m **** A love triangle between a gay dressmaker, his wife and the man’s new apprentice, a movie which deserves to be cherished for a wide variety of reasons – out in UK cinemas and on BFI Player (rental) from Friday, May 5th […]