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The Wizard of the Kremlin
(Le Mage du Kremlin)

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Post date April 15 2026
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(Le Mage du Kremlin)
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Director – Olivier Assayas – 2025 – France – Cert. 15 – 137m ***** Starting in 1990s Russia, an avant-garde theatre director morphs into first a TV producer then the mastermind behind the rise and rule of Vladimir Putin – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 17th 2019. Roland (Jeffrey Wright) writing a book on a prominent Russian […]

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Mickey 17

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Post date March 6 2025
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Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 134m ***** Contracted to have his fleshly body reprinted, and his memory restored every time he dies, the expendable Mickey is assigned to a ship run by a right-wing power couple who plan to colonise a distant planet – science fiction adaptation […]

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The Battle for Laikipia

Directors – Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi – 2024 – US, Kenya, Greece – Cert. 12a – 94m ** Disagreements in Kenya between indigenous, pastoralist herdsmen and white immigrant farmers come to a head during a severe drought exacerbated by climate change – out in UK cinemas on Friday, October 4th Shot mostly between 2017 and […]

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Padre Pio

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Post date January 26 2024
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Director – Abel Ferrara – 2022 – Germany, Italy – Cert. 15 – 104m ***1/2 Post-WW1, In San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, a Catholic mystic undergoes temptation while down in the village, armed landowners and military officers attempt to halt the rising tide of socialism – out on Blu-ray, DVD & DL from Monday, March 11th […]

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Your Mother’s Son
(Anak Ka Ng Ina Mo)

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Post date November 12 2023
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(Anak Ka Ng Ina Mo)
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Director – Jun Robles Lana – 2023 – Philippines – Cert. none – 100m **** An intense cocktail of two uneasy, polyamorous relationships erupts into jealousy, betrayal and violence – sexually explicit political allegory of nepotism in Filipino politics plays in the spirit of the Critics’ Picks Competition at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film […]

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Bobi Wine:
The People’s President

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Post date August 30 2023
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The People’s President
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Directors – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 121m ***** Aided by his wife Barbie, Uganda’s opposition leader, the musician Bobi Wine, takes on the country’s corrupt dictator of 35 years President Museveni, in the run up to the 2021 election – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September […]

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Memories To Choke On,
Drinks
To Wash Them Down
(Ye Heung,
Yuen Yeung,
Sham Shui Po,
夜香・鴛鴦・深水埗)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 9 2021
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Drinks
To Wash Them Down
(Ye Heung,
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夜香・鴛鴦・深水埗)
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Directors – Leung Ming Kai, Kate Reilly – 2019 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 77m **1/2 Four stories from contemporary Hong Kong comprise three dramas and a closing documentary segment – plays Focus Hong Kong 2023 on Saturday, June 24th at 3.30pm An anthology of four stories from contemporary Hong Kong – […]

Tags brothers, bus, candidate, carer, cats, China, cooking, dementia, drink, eating out, election, Focus Hong Kong, Focus Hong Kong 2021, Focus Hong Kong 2023, food, Hong Kong, pupils, restaurants, teachers, toy shop, toys, US

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Reality

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Post date May 31 2023
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Director – Tina Satter – 2023 – US – Cert. 12a – 83m ***** A young woman working in US security services is questioned in her home by two FBI interrogators who believe she’s leaked classified documents to The Intercept – out in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday, June 2nd This film is based […]

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The Coup D’État
Factory
(A Fantástica
Fábrica
De Golpes)

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Post date May 25 2022
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Factory
(A Fantástica
Fábrica
De Golpes)

Directors – Victor Fraga, Valnei Nunes – 2021 – UK, Brazil – 105m **** An exploration of the role played by Brazilian media conglomerate Globo in various right wing Brazilian coup d’états over the decades – UK premiere on Sunday, May 29th 2pm at BFI Southbank followed by a discussion with special guests: Baroness Christine […]

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The Batman

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 28 2022
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Director – Matt Reeves – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 175m **** A reinvention of the popular superhero alongside his iconic villain adversaries in a Gotham City run by corrupt elites and gangsters – out in cinemas on Friday, March 4th; home premiere available to rent from Tuesday, April 19th The posters for […]