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Inu-Oh
(Inu-Oh,
犬王)

Director – Masaaki Yuasa – 2021 – Japan – Cert. – 98m ***1/2 In fourteenth century Japan, a blind musician and a deformed, masked dancer shake up the culturally staid world of Noh theatre by forming a hugely popular rock band – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, September 28th You never quite know what […]

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Benedetta

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Post date October 16 2021
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Director – Paul Verhoeven – 2021 – France – Cert. tbc – 131m ***** A 17th Century nun subject to religious visions embarks on a lesbian relationship with a novice – exclusively on MUBI from Friday, July 1st Christianity. The Church. Religion. Treat them the wrong way, and you can get into trouble. Horror The […]

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The Northman

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Post date April 13 2022
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Director – Robert Eggers – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 136m ***** A 10th Century Viking prince vows revenge on his father king’s killer and sees it through to death – out in cinemas on Friday, April 15th Young Viking Prince Amleth (Oscar Novak from The Batman) is thrilled when his warrior father […]

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Lupin III
The First
(Rupan Sansei
Za Fasuto,
ルパン三世
THE FIRST)

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Post date June 3 2021
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The First
(Rupan Sansei
Za Fasuto,
ルパン三世
THE FIRST)

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Director – Takashi Yamazaki – 2019 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 93m **** Master thief Lupin III sets out to steal a diary protected by a lock with a fiendishly complex mechanism and becomes embroiled in an occult, Nazi plot to take over the world – screening in Scotland Loves Anime, Edinburgh on Monday, […]

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Sleepy Hollow

Director – Tim Burton – 1999 – US – 15 – 105 mins *** A nineteenth century policeman must solve a series of gruesome murders allegedly by a headless horseman wielding a sword – in cinemas from Friday, January 7th 2000. Tim Burton’s last few movies have been a real treat, but this adaptation of […]