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Enys Men

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 13 2023
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Director – Mark Jenkin – 2022 – UK – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** A lady environmentalist working on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast becomes subject to powerful, localised forces from the area’s past – out on UK Blu-ray/DVD combi and on BFI Player on Monday, May 8th NB The title is pronounced […]

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See How They Run

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Post date September 9 2022
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Director – Tom George – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 98m ** A barely competent Inspector and a trainee WPC investigate a backstage murder at The Mousetrap in 1950s London’s theatreland – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 9th London West End, 1953. Following his involvement in a fight at a party […]

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Bergman Island

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Post date June 1 2022
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Director – Mia Hansen-Løve – 2021 – France, Belgium, Germany – Cert. 15 – 112m First half ***** Second half ** A working, filmmaking couple spend time on the island where celebrated director Ingmar Berman lived, now a niche tourist attraction based around his life and movies – out exclusively on MUBI from Friday, July […]

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Pompo
The Cinéphile
(Eiga Daisuki
Pompo-san,
映画大好き
ポンポさん)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 23 2022
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The Cinéphile
(Eiga Daisuki
Pompo-san,
映画大好き
ポンポさん)
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Director – Takayuki Hirao – 2021 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 94m ***** A film buff working as a movie producer’s assistant is unexpectedly given the job of directing his first feature film– out in cinemas on Wednesday, June 29th Much in Pompo The Cinéphile riffs off Roger Corman’s legendary working methods. It takes […]

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The Battle
At Lake Changjin II
aka
Water Gate Bridge
(Zhang Jin Hu,
长津湖之水门桥)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 11 2022
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At Lake Changjin II
aka
Water Gate Bridge
(Zhang Jin Hu,
长津湖之水门桥)

Director – Tsui Hark – 2022 – China – Cert. 15 – 153m ** Ill-considered sequel to box office barnstorming, Chinese war movie fails to match the emotional engagement and excitement of the original – out in cinemas on Friday, February 11th After the exciting and energetic original, this sequel is a disappointment. It has […]

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The Battle
At Lake Changjin
(Zhang Jin Hu,
长津湖)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 19 2021
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At Lake Changjin
(Zhang Jin Hu,
长津湖)

Directors – Chen Kaige, Dante Lam, Tsui Hark – 2021 – China – Cert. 15 – 176m ***** Chinese war movie which has barnstormed the global box office does exactly what it says on the tin – out in cinemas on Friday, November 19th There is a history of war films with a cast of […]