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Deep Water
(2022)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 17 2022
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(2022)
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Director – Adrian Lyne – 2022 – US – Cert. US-R – 115m **** A man is jealous of the lovers of his beautiful but promiscuous wife who start mysteriously dying one by one – out on Prime Video in the UK on Friday, March 18th Vic (Ben Affleck) is devoted to his wife Melinda […]

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The Student
(Uchenik,
Учени́к)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 8 2022
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(Uchenik,
Учени́к)

Director – Kirill Serebrennikov – 2016 – Russia – Cert. 15 – 118m **** An obsession with the Bible drives a Russian secondary school student towards dark designs in a film with both religious and political ramifications – out in cinemas on Friday, March 3rd 2017 Late teenager Venya (Pyotr Skvortsov) needs something to believe […]

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Climbing
(Keul-la-i-ming,
클라이밍)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 18 2021
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(Keul-la-i-ming,
클라이밍)

Director – Kim Hye-mi – 2021 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 77m ***** Discovering she is pregnant, a professional sports climber finds herself moving between alternate realities – playing tonight, Thursday, November 18th 9pm at Genesis Cinema, Mile End (book here) as part of LKFF, the London Korean Film Festival which runs in […]

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A Good Lawyer’s Wife
(Baramnan Gajok,
바람난 가족)

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Post date November 18 2021
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(Baramnan Gajok,
바람난 가족)

Director – Im Sang-soo – 2003 – South Korea – Cert. – 105m *** Unsatisfactory family life in which fathers and mothers cheat on their wives and partners in search of a more fulfilling existence – screened with a director Q&A as part of a strand of films celebrating actress Youn Yuh-jung at LKFF, the […]

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Underground
(Souterrain)

Director – Sophie Dupuis – 2020 – Canada – Cert. 15 – 97m ** A tale of friendship, loss and regret plays out against the working lives of miners – out in cinemas and on Virtual Cinemas and VoD from Friday, August 20th A vast, modern, industrial mine in the French-speaking part of Canada. An […]

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Bazaar Jumpers
(Pao Ku Shao Nian,
跑酷少年)

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Post date May 7 2021
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(Pao Ku Shao Nian,
跑酷少年)

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 […]

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Drive
(Pulsión)

Director – Pedro Casavecchia – 2019 – Argentina – 7m ***** A series of disturbing vignettes brings to mind work by Lars von Trier, the Brothers Quay, Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch – available to watch on YouTube (see below) from Wednesday, September 1st 2021 This Argentinan short, although computer generated, has the feel of […]

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A Love That Never Dies

Losing children A Love That Never DiesDirected by Jane Harris and Jimmy EdmondsCertificate 12A, 75 MinutesReleased 18 May Parenting is not the easiest job in the world at the best of times. But what if the unthinkable happens? What do you do if one of your children dies? How do you cope? Jane Harris and […]

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White Squall

UK PAL Laserdisc review SURROUND SOUND MOVIE OF THE MONTH Dir Ridley Scott (1996) Starring Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf, Balthazar Getty, Ryan Phillipe Dur 124min Dist Encore; £26.99 Cert 12 DS Widescreen 1961 and a group of final year High School students sign up for a yacht cruise halfway round the world […]