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Luminous Woman
(Hikaru Onna,
光る女)

Director – Shinji Somai – 1987 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 118m ***** A Hokkaido farmer comes to Tokyo in search of his vanished fiancée but finds a world he has not expected – on Blu-ray from Monday, Monday, May 20th At a rubbish tip on the outskirts of Tokyo, a barefoot man (Takeiji […]

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The End Of Sex

Director – Sean Garrity – 2022 – Canada – Cert. 15 – 87m ***1/2 A married couple’s attempts to rekindle their sex life while their kids are away for a week go horribly wrong – out on digital from Monday, July 3rd Packing their two young daughters off in the school bus to Winter Camp, […]

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A Snake Of June
(Rokugatsu
No Hebi,
六月の蛇)

Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2002 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 77m ***** Unlike any terrorised female narrative you’ve ever seen, at once bizarre and hugely rewarding – currently streaming on BFI Player as part of the BFI Japan 2021 programme This review originally appeared in What’s On In London, June 2003. In an […]

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Climax

Director – Gaspar Noé – 2018 – France – Cert. 18 – 97m ***** Uppers and downers – either way blood flows. Arthouse enfant terrible Noé combines technical skill and singular focus with some of the most spectacular dancing ever put on film to produce a dark and challenging vision of hell on earth – […]

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Alien
Covenant

Director – Ridley Scott – 2017 – US – 15 – 122m *** 1/2 The latest Alien franchise entry is an effective horror sci-fi, teeming with shocks, scares and twists, but it lacks the mythological depth of Prometheus and the twisted sexual connotations of Alien – in cinemas on 12th May 2017 This is Ridley […]

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Secretary

Secretary Director – Steven Shainberg – 2002 – US – Cert. 18 – 106m ***** A Snake Of June (Rokugatsu No Hebi, 六月の蛇) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2002 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 77m ***** Double DVD review originally published in Third Way, February 2004. The cover image (rear view of a female […]