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That Burning House
(Shi Le Yuan,
火宅之犬)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 4 2025
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(Shi Le Yuan,
火宅之犬)
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Director – Tsai Yin-chuan – 2025 – Taiwan – 133m ****1/2 Teachers in a juvenile care home attempt to break the cycle of violence among their charges – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival This is one of those films that takes place in several different times in the characters lives, including […]

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Features Live Action Movies

The Tenants
(Se-ip-ja,
세입자)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 13 2024
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(Se-ip-ja,
세입자)
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Director – Yoon Eun-Kyung – 2023 – South Korea – LKFF Cert. 12 – 90m ***** In a black & white, futuristic Seoul, a tenant who sublets his rental apartment to prevent his eviction finds out that this approach has its drawbacks – from LKFF, the London Korean Film Festival 2024 which runsin cinemas from […]

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Animation Features Movies

Guillermo del Toro’s
Pinocchio

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 9 2022
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Pinocchio
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Directors – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 114m ***** Created as a puppet by a bereaved, religious woodcarver father, a little wooden boy must make his way in a world of ruthless show business, Fascism and war – stop-frame puppet movie is out on Netflix on Friday, […]

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