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2000 Meters to Andriivka

Director – Mstyslav Chernov – 2025 – Ukraine – Cert. 15 – 107m **** A small Ukrainian Army unit advances through a narrow strip of war-scarred forest to recapture a village from the occupying Russians – documentary from the makers of 20 Days in Mariupol is out in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday, August […]

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The Brothers Kitaura
(Kitaurakyodai)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 27 2024
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(Kitaurakyodai)
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Director – Masaki Tsujino – 2024 – Japan – 94m ***1/2 A 40-year-old living at home accidentally kills his father, then enlists the help of his brother to dispose of the body – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Morning. 40-year-old Sato wakes up, surrounded by bagged-up […]

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Cadejo Blanco

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 23 2024
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Director – Justin Lerner – 2023 – Guatemala, US, Mexico – Cert. 15 – 125m ***** A young woman infiltrates a drugs gang in order to find out what happened to her elder sister, who never came back from a night out – out in UK cinemas on and on demand Friday, August 23rd This […]

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Next Sohee
(Da-eum So-hee,
다음 소희)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 14 2024
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(Da-eum So-hee,
다음 소희)
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Director – July Jung – 2022 – South Korea – Cert. 18 – 134m ***** A schoolgirl on an internship is appallingly exploited by her employers, and a police detective is called in to investigate – out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 14th Here’s a film which presents a real problem for reviewers. Something […]

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Talk To Me

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 27 2023
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Director – Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou – 2022 – Australia – Cert. 15 – 94m ** Under peer pressure, a teenager takes her turn contacting undead spirits at a party, with devastating consequences – out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 28th For me, this was probably always going to be an uphill struggle: people […]

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The Mars Trilogy

Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson, VOYAGER £15.99, Hbk. Red Mars, Green Mars VOYAGER both £5.99, Pbk. As Mars is terraformed, its dusty red surface shifts through the green of vegetation to the blue of ocean waves as its north polar ice cap is melted – the three volumes in Kim Stanley Robinson’s trilogy being named […]