Director – Baku Kinoshita – 2025 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 90m ***** A man lives with his wife and child… only they are not really his wife and child – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 27th Here’s a movie that breaks all the moulds. I could (and will) tell you several things […]
Director – Kei Ishikawa – 2025 – UK, Japan, Poland – Cert. 12a – 123m From the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro ***1/2 An aspiring journalist in 1982 England delves into her mother’s past life in 1952 Nagasaki and unearths dark family secrets – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 13th As will be seen from the above logline description, this essentially […]
Director – Paul Schrader – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 94m From the novel by Russell Banks *** A documentary filmmaker dying of cancer consents to a filmed interview about his life and work to air his dirty laundry – on UK and Ireland digital platforms on Monday, January 12th “Remind me why I […]
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 – Timo Tjahjanto – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 89m ** A professional hitman takes his family on holiday to rebuild their trust, embracing and revelling in the violence that erupts around him – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 15th “Who are you people?”, asks one of two investigating officers […]
Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 134m ***** Contracted to have his fleshly body reprinted, and his memory restored every time he dies, the expendable Mickey is assigned to a ship run by a right-wing power couple who plan to colonise a distant planet – science fiction adaptation […]
Director – Vincenzo Alfieri – 2024 – Italy – 115m ***** The body of a rich industrialist’s wife vanishes from the morgue after her death – stylish giallo premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival An unashamed genre piece, The Body is a giallo – an Italian crime […]
Director – J. Lee Thompson – 1954 – UK – Cert. 12 – 88m ***1/2 A woman spends 12 months in prison after being convicted of fraud – one of two J. Lee Thompson movies out on UK Blu-ray, DVD and Digital in August, 2024 Jean (Glynis Johns) is marched from her cell and up […]
Director – Viggo Mortensen – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 129m ***1/2 An independently-minded woman whose partner is away fighting a war struggles to survive in the Old West – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, June 7th While there is much to admire in this Western, it suffers from unclear […]
Director – Maximilian Erlenwein – 2022 – Germany – Cert. 15 – 91m ***1/2 Two women go diving near a remote stretch of coastline and find themselves in trouble – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 25th following its UK Premiere at Frightfest on Thursday, August 24th Opening with an image of light shining […]