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Princess Mononoke
(Mononoke-hime,
もののけ姫)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 2 2024
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(Mononoke-hime,
もののけ姫)
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Director – Hayao Miyazaki – 1997 – Japan – Cert. PG – 134m ***** Groundbreaking, mythological, Japanese, animated epic – plays in the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, 21st June to Saturday 27th June Originally reviewed for What’s On in London when the film appeared in the Barbican’s 2001 Studio Ghibli […]

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Features Live Action Movies

The White Ribbon
(Das Weiße Band)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 13 2024
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(Das Weiße Band)

Director – Michael Haneke – 2009 – Austria, Germany – Cert. 15 – 144m ***** Reviewed for Third Way magazine to coincide with UK release date 13/11/2009. Plays in Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective, in UK cinemas from Friday, June 6th and on BFI Player from Thursday, September 11th 2025. Haneke’s first period drama for […]

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Animation Features Movies

The Lord
of the Rings:
The War
of the Rohirrim

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Post date December 12 2024
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of the Rings:
The War
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Director – Kenji Kamiyama – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 134m **** A story of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, set around 200 years before The Lord of the Rings – English language anime is out in UK cinemas on Friday, December 13th This narrative is based on one of the appendices in J.R.R. Tolkien’s […]

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