Director – Kearen Pang – 2022 – Hong Kong – Cert. PG – 127m ** A former music business exec tries to get back into the game managing a boy singer while her jealous teenage son takes his exams – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 19th Essentially a three-hander, this centres around middle-aged […]
Director – Masaaki Kudo – 2022 – Japan – 128m **** An underage Okinawa bar hostess attempts to raise her small son while worsening circumstances conspire against her – world premiere in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) 2022 which runs from Friday, July 1st to Saturday, July 9th A man in Okinawa club […]
Director – Naomi Kawase – 2020 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 140m ***** An unmarried mum hands her child over to adoptive parents only to later decide that she wants the child back – Japan’s entry for the 2020/2021 Oscars is screening on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday, April 16th Naomi Kawase’s new film […]