Director – Marcell Jankovics – 1981 – Hungary – Cert. 12 – 86m ***** Based on Hungarian folk legends, the story of three sons of the white mare who must free three princesses from their dragon husbands and restore the kingdom from chaos – from the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, […]
Director – Akira Kurosawa – 1985 – Japan, France – Cert. 15 – 162m ***** Back out in cinemas this Friday to commemorate its 40th anniversary. — Jeremy Clarke on Akira Kurosawa’s live action epic. Ran is Akira Kurosawa’s remarkable 1985 free adaptation of King Lear. More than any other Japanese film director, Akira Kurosawa […]
Director – Gina Prince-Bythewood – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 135m **** The warrior women of Dahomey defend their people against capture by neighbouring nations for the white foreigners’ slave trade – plays as part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of real action choreography at cinemas across […]
Director – Alex Tsitsilin – 2023 – UK, Cyprus – Cert. PG – 94m *** Her true love must rescue the princess before three rival princes after a dragon abducts her on behalf of an evil wizard – fairy tale animation is out in UK cinemas on Friday, October 25th A dad reads his small […]
Director – Karim Ainouz – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 121m ***** Henry VIII’s sixth wife Katherine Parr must navigate the increasingly treacherous waters between her desire for religious tolerance and Henry’s more authoritarian take on Christianity – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 6th With her husband Henry VIII away fighting […]
Directed by Karim AinouzCertificate 15121 minutesReleased 6 September Reviewed for Reform magazine. History. The Tudors. King Henry VIII wanted a male heir to the throne. His first wife failed to deliver, so he divorced her. When the Pope excommunicated him, Henry set up the new, Protestant, Church of England. He kept marrying new wives who […]
Directors – Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó – 2023 – Bhutan, Hungary – 94m **** A civil servant travels around Bhutan assessing individual people’s happiness even as his personal life begs the questions whether he, himself, is truly happy – out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 12th Judging by the opening montage of cloudy and […]
This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]
This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi Et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]
This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi Et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]