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Tag: Crime And Punishment

Black Dog
(Gou Zhen,
狗阵)

Director – Guan Hu – 2023 – China – Cert. 12a – 106m ***1/2 An ex-con returns to his home town, which is infested with wild dogs, and befriends a stray – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, August 30th Looking down from the edge of a slope towards Gobi Desert scrubland. In […]

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The Teachers’ Lounge
(Das Lehrerzimmer)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 11 2024
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(Das Lehrerzimmer)
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Director – Ilker Çatak – 2023 – Germany – Cert. 12a – 98m **** 1/2 A new teacher at a school where petty thefts have been taking place for some time makes some bad decisions which put her in a very difficult place – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 12th Schoolboy Lukas (Okar […]

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In Broad Daylight
(Bak Yat Ji Ha,
白日之下)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 19 2024
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(Bak Yat Ji Ha,
白日之下)
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Director – Lawrence Kwan Chun Kan – 2023 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 106m ***1/2 A woman uncovers a catalogue of abuse visited upon the residents of the Hong Kong care home in which her grandfather lives – out in UK cinemas on Friday, January 19th This opens and closes to the strains […]

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Infinity Pool

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 23 2023
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Director – Brandon Cronenberg – 2023 – Canada, Hungary, France – Cert. 18 – 117m ***** WARNING: NSFW A man holidaying abroad at a resort with his wealthy wife is lured into a series of crimes, punishable locally by death unless you’re rich enough to buy your way out – in UK cinemas from Friday, […]

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Pickpocket

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 3 2022
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Director – Robert Bresson – 1959 – France – Cert. PG – 76m ***** Why is a man compelled to pursue acts of petty thievery – acclaimed, arresting, existential drama is out in cinemas on Friday, June 3rd I have just rewatched Bresson’s classic and am still not entirely sure I have its measure. Perhaps […]