Director – Pablo Behrens – 2026 – UK – Cert. 12a – 61m ***** London’s Thames Estuary filmed and edited from the point of view of an alien – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 24th A genre bender of a documentary, this owes a great deal to Petropolis (Peter Mettler, 2009) which comprises […]
Directors – Jeffrey Lam Sen & Antonio Tam – 2024 – Hong Kong, China – Cert. 15 – 84m ***1/2 The lives of a Christian pastor and his wife become intertwined with that of a youth who believes himself responsible for their teenage daughter’s suicide some years ago – out in UK cinemas on Friday, November 14th For roughly its first half, this delivers a narrative […]
Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa – 2024 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 124m ***** The art of the deal. The past of an internet goods reseller driven by making money who has made enemies among his one-off suppliers and customers comes back to bite him – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 25th Ryosuke […]
Director – Robert Eggers – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 132m ***** Unaware a woman has unwittingly summoned Count Orloc, her husband is sent to the latter’s castle in Transylvania – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, January 1st 2025 The German expressionist silent film Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) has been described as […]
Director – Stéphanie Clément – 2022 – France – 11m ***** A nine-year-old struggles with the trauma that befalls her at her grandpa’s – nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2024 Academy Awards, VoD details below review She’s nine (voice-over: Christa Theret), and in the Summer she goes to stay with granny and grandpa. […]
Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa – 2016 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 130m **** Currently on BFI Player as part of 21st Century Japan, MUBI as part of The Uncanny Universe of Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Eureka Video Dual Format BluRay/DVD. The following review originally appeared in Funimation UK. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s new crime thriller Creepy draws […]