Director – Takehiko Inoue – 2022 – Japan – Cert. 12a tbc – 124m ***** A high school basketball team sets out to defeat the seemingly unstoppable league champions – on 4K UHD + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition, Steelbook, Blu-ray, and DVD on 24th March following its debut in the 2023 Annecy International Animation Festival from […]
Runs from 11-27 April 2024. Please click links to read reviews. Blue Giant Director – Yuzura Tachikawa – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 120m ***** Three 18-year-olds form a jazz band with the aim of playing at Tokyo’s top jazz club Evil Does Not Exist Director – Ryosuke Hamaguchi – 2023 – Japan […]
Director – Hirokazu Kore-eda – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 126m **** The mother of a school pupil believes her son is being abused by his teacher, who in turn protests his own innocence, yet the truth is more complex – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 15th A movie at once […]
Director – Keiichi Hara – 2022 – Japan – Cert. – 116m ***** Seven children are sucked via mirrors in their homes into a mysterious castle perched high above a sea, presided over by a wolf queen, and prowled by a hungry wolf at night – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film […]
Director – Ryo Takebayashi – 2022 – Japan – Cert. – 82m **** A comedy in which a group of office workers must find a way to escape the week-long time loop in which they find themselves trapped – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024 between Friday, 2nd February and […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 95m **** A woman has drifted into prostitution, while a small boy struggles to survive in post-war Tokyo – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024 between Friday, 2nd February and Sunday, 31st March An interior in the ruins […]
Director – Yuzura Tachikawa – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 120m ***** Three 18-year-olds form a jazz band with the aim of playing at Tokyo’s top jazz club – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, January 31st and Thursday, February 1st Before this property was a movie – an animated movie – it […]