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The Christophers

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 13 2026
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Director – Steven Soderbergh – 2025 – US, UK – Cert. 15 – 100m ** Two siblings hire a young art restorer to forge some of their famous artist father’s unfinished paintings before he dies so they can collect on their posthumous sale – out exclusively on digital platforms from Monday, 20th July Professional art restorer Lori Butler (Michaela […]

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Cronos
(Cronos)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 15 2026
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Director – Guillermo del Toro – 1992 – Mexico – Cert. 18 – 92m ****1/2 An antique shop owner is transformed by a strange, hand-sized device he finds in a small statuette – back out in a 4K restoration in UK cinemas on Friday, May 15th alongside a Guillermo del Toro season at BFI Southbank […]

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Mongrel
(Baiyi Cang Gou,
白衣蒼狗)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 23 2025
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(Baiyi Cang Gou,
白衣蒼狗)
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Director – Chiang Wei-liang – 2024 – Taiwan, Singapore, France – Cert. 15 – 128m ****1/2 An immigrant caregiver is caught between the demands of his exhausted, needy clients on the one hand and his profit-oriented gangster taskmasters on the other – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 23rd This gets straight in there […]

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Rumours
(2024)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 12 2024
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Director – Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson – 2024 – Germany, Canada – Cert. 15 – 109m ****1/2 The G7 leaders meet at a summit only to find themselves trapped in the woods following an apocalyptic event – out in UK cinemas on Friday, December 6th Every so often, the leaders of the world’s […]

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Epic Tails
(Pattie
Et La Colère
De Poséidon)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 9 2023
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Director – David Alaux, Eric Tosti, Jean-François Tosti – 2022 – France – Cert. U – 95m – English language dubbed version **** The adventurous mouse Pattie and her cautious, adoptive parent cat Sam help an ageing Jason and his skeletal Argonaut crew in a voyage to save the city of Yolcos from the wrath […]

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Old Man
And A Dog
(老人與狗)

Director – Ryan Chan Hon-yan – 2019 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 30m ***** A security guard nearing the end of his life is given an ageing, dying dog by his grandson – online in the UK in the Fresh Wave short films strand of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, […]

Tags bereavement, China, death, dog, dying, Focus Hong Kong, Focus Hong Kong 2021, Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter, grandfather, grandson, healthcare, Hong Kong, hospital, old age, parents and children, pet, security guard, work

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The End

Director – Wiebe Bonnema – 2019 – Netherlands – 4m 36s ***** From the Annecy 2020 Online Animation Festival I had to blink while I was watching this. Its opening two minutes play out like the animated title sequence of a spaghetti Western, and if you’ve seen a few of those you’ll know that a […]

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