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The Devils

Director – Ken Russell – 1971 – UK – Cert. 18 – 106m 41s (cut) ***** UK DVD release date 19/03/2012, cert. 18, 107 mins plus extras, £19.99. Reviewed for Third Way 40 years after its 1971 theatrical release, the late Ken Russell’s key work reaches UK DVD in its original UK X Certificate version […]

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Silver Linings Playbook

Director – David O. Russell – 2012 – US – Cert. 15 – 117m ***** Two people on the one hand meant for one another and on the other probably shouldn’t go anywhere near each other – disaster romance was released in the UK on Wednesday, November 21st 2012 Back in the outside world after […]

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Joy Ride

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Post date August 3 2023
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Director – Adele Lim – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 95m ***1/2 A Chinese-American corporate lawyer visiting China to close a business deal for her boss finds herself on a road trip with three friends which turns into a search for her birth mother – raunchy, gross-out comedy is out in UK cinemas […]

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Medusa
(Medusa)

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Post date July 12 2023
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Director – Anita Rocha de Silveira – 2021 – Brazil – Cert. 15 – 127m *** Pro-purity, fundamentalist, Christian church girl band singer indoors by day; slut-shaming, Evangelical, vigilante group member outdoors by night… a woman is haunted by a facially disfigured figure from the past – out in UK cinemas also available on PVOD […]

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Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)

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Post date May 2 2023
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(Retour à Séoul)
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Director – Davy Chou – 2022 – France, Belgium, Germany, South Korea – Cert. 15 – 118m ****1/2 A woman born in South Korea and fostered by parents in France unexpectedly returns to the land of her birth – on MUBI from Friday, July 7th Although it looks at first glance like a South Korean […]

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Three Colours: Blue
(Trois Couleurs: Bleu)

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Post date March 30 2023
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Director – Krzysztof Kieślowski – 1993 – France – Cert. 15 – 94m ***** A woman who survives the car crash which kills both her composer husband and their young daughter finds herself financially secure and free to do…nothing – 4K restoration is out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 31st This represents the first […]

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Still The Water
(Futatsume
No Mado,
2つ目の窓)

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Post date March 23 2021
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Director – Naomi Kawase – 2014 – Japan / France – Cert. 15 – 119m ***** Two childhood sweethearts living on an island beset by storms must come to terms with the mortality and fallibility of their mothers – on BFI Player (rental) and MUBI. The ocean roars and then, just as suddenly, is quiet. […]

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Beyond The Dream
(Huan Ai,
幻愛)

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Post date April 5 2021
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(Huan Ai,
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Director – Kiwi Chow – 2021 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 120m *** A recovering schizophrenic man falls in love with his psychiatric counsellor, who has relationship issues of her own – online in the UK as part of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, March 31st to Tuesday, April 6th […]