Director – John Woo – 1990 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 126m ***** Three teenage friends forced to leave Hong Kong by a gang war find themselves in the middle of the horrors of war-torn Vietnam – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank from Friday, 3rd July to […]
Director – Zhiqiang Hao – 2012 – China – Cert. N/C PG – 61m *** Two Uyghur boys and their parkour team in Northern China hone their skills for an upcoming “China proper” tournament in Beijing – now available to rent online in the new Chinese Cinema Season 2021 in the UK & Ireland as […]
Director – Ladj Ly – 2019 – France – Cert. 15 – 104m **** Exclusively in cinemas from Friday, September 4th Although this takes its title from Victor Hugo’s eponymous novel, it’s not really an adaptation except in the loosest possible sense. It ends on a quote from the book: “There are no bad plants, […]