Tag: defence

Round 13
(13ème Round)

Director – Mohamed Ali Nahdi – 2025 – Tunisia, Cyprus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia – 85m ***** A young boy is diagnosed with a tumour in his arm, and his parents must guide him through his ensuing medical treatment – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival My third Critics’ Picks entry […]

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The Goldman Case
(Le Procès Goldman)

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Post date September 20 2024
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(Le Procès Goldman)
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Director – Cédric Kahn – 2023 – France – Cert. 12a – 115m **** An acerbic, left-wing revolutionary in the dock protests his innocence on counts of murder he claims he did not commit – true life, courtroom drama is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, September 20th Before this courtroom drama, which […]

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Cape Fear
(1991)

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Post date March 24 2024
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(1991)
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Director – Martin Scorsese – 1991 – US – Cert. 18 – 128m ***** A vicious ex-con seeks revenge on the family of the lawyer he sees responsible for his incarceration in prison – review from Strait – the Greenbelt Newspaper, March 1992. Directed by Martin Scorsese with characteristic and frenetic energy, Cape Fear is […]

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Crazy Thunder Road
(Kuruizaki
Sanda Rodo,
狂い咲きサンダーロード)

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Post date June 10 2022
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(Kuruizaki
Sanda Rodo,
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Director – Sogo Ishii – 1980 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 97m ***** Following on from Arrow’s superb BD of Sogo Ishii’s Burst City (1982) comes Third Window’s equally impressive BD release of its predecessor in the Ishii canon Crazy Thunder Road (1980) – on Blu-ray from Monday, February 21st 2022 and, as of […]

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Where
The Crawdads
Sing

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Post date July 19 2022
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The Crawdads
Sing
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Director – Olivia Newman – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 125m ***1/2 A young woman who grew up alone in the North Carolina Marshlands is the prime suspect for a murder she may or may not have committed – out in cinemas on Friday, July 22nd The body of Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson) […]

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The Mauritanian

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Post date February 28 2021
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Director – Kevin Macdonald – 2021 – UK – Cert. 15 – 129m **** A pro bono lawyer defends a post-9/11 terrorist suspect in Guantánamo Bay against his US Army prosecutor – plays Curzon Home Cinema rental from Monday, October 4th Based on a true story, this kicks off in Mauritania, North West Africa in […]

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The Collini Case
(Der Fall Collini)

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Post date September 10 2021
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(Der Fall Collini)

Director – Marco Kreutzpaintner – 2019 – Germany – Cert. 15 – 123m Film **** Film trailer * (because: spoilers) An apparently cut and dried murder case, with a young public defender caught in a conflict of interests, turns out to be far more complex – out in cinemas on Friday, September 10th Berlin. A […]

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The Third Murder
(Sandome
No Satsujin,
三度目の殺人)

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Post date July 16 2018
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(Sandome
No Satsujin,
三度目の殺人)
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Director – Hirokazu Kore-eda – 2017 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 124m ***** For a director usually associated with family dramas like I Wish, Like Father, Like Son and After The Storm, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder might seem like a change of direction. It begins with a murder, and focussed on a lawyer trying […]