Director – Mamoru Oshii – 1995 – Japan, UK, US – Cert. 15 – 83m ****1/2 A cybernetically rebuilt, female, government agent and her male sidekick pursue a mysterious computer hacker known as The Puppet Master through Hong Kong – plays in the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, 21st June to […]
Director – Katsuhiro Otomo – 1988 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 124m ***** Manga artist turned director Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk classic returns to the big screen – back in over 350+ UK and Ireland cinemas, plus every IMAX screen from Friday, April 17th! When Akira first appeared in the UK at the start of the nineties, Disney […]
Killing (Sawamura) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2018 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 79m *** [Update: The Adventures of Denchu Kozo streams on the Arrow Channel from Friday, May 3rd 2024.] The Adventures of Denchu Kozo (Denchu kozo no boken) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1987 – Japan – 45m **** Haze Director – […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1989 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 67m ***** On Arrow Channel from Friday, September 22nd. Previously on BFI Player as part of Japan 2020. This review originally appeared in Manga Mania. A metals fetishist (played by director Shinya Tsukamoto) inserts a metal tube into his leg and the resultant […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1992 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 83m ***** The Iron Man Tetsuo is back… and this time, he’s got a wife and child – sequel to the cyberpunk classic was first released November 10th 1992, when this review appeared in Manga Mania. On Arrow Channel from Friday, September 22nd. […]
The irredeemable flesh PossessorDirected by Brandon CronenbergCertificate 18, 103 minutesReleased 27 November The controversial director David Cronenberg has long been an exponent of something he calls ‘the new flesh’, ways that humanity might transcend its bodies. His son Brandon is the same, his new film Possessor concerning the world of cybernetic industrial espionage. Tasya Vos […]
Director – Brandon Cronenberg – 2020 – Canada – Cert. 18 – 103m ***** A woman possesses other people’s bodies via technology to assassinate selected targets – on Shudder from Thursday, June 10th, as well Digital HD or BFI Player rental Anyone who’s seen Brandon Cronenberg’s earlier Antiviral (2012) will know that he is a […]