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Kaneko’s Commissary
(Kaneko Sashiireten,
金子差入店)

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Post date February 7 2026
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(Kaneko Sashiireten,
金子差入店)
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Director – Go Furukawa – 2025 – Japan – Cert. N/C 15+ – 125m **** An ex-con runs a service delivering clothing, other supplies and messages from loved ones to convicted prisoners – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 which runs from Friday, 6th February to Tuesday, 31st March A young mum, babe in arms, takes bags for […]

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Lollipop

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Post date June 12 2025
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Director – Daisy-May Hudson – 2024 – UK – Cert. 15 – 100m ***** After four months in prison, a young woman must deal with the UK’s social services to regain custody of her kids – on BBC iPlayer from Friday, January 16th East Londoner Molly (Posy Sterling) leaves prison following a four-month sentence to […]

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Valley of the
Shadow of Death
(不赦之罪)

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Post date November 14 2025
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Shadow of Death
(不赦之罪)
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Directors – Jeffrey Lam Sen & Antonio Tam – 2024 – Hong Kong, China – Cert. 15 – 84m ***1/2 The lives of a Christian pastor and his wife become intertwined with that of a youth who believes himself responsible for their teenage daughter’s suicide some years ago – out in UK cinemas on Friday, November 14th For roughly its first half, this delivers a narrative […]

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This is England

Director – Shane Meadows – 2006 – UK – Cert. 18 – 101m A young, pre-teenage lad falls in with a gang of skinheads in Post-Falklands War, Thatcherite Britain – originally published in Third Way in 2007, to coincide with the film’s UK release date The above one line synopsis, although accurate, doesn’t even begin […]

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The Innocent
(L’innocent)

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Post date August 21 2023
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(L’innocent)
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Director – Louis Garrel – 2022 – France – Cert. 15 – 99m ***1/2 A trusting woman marries a soon-to-be-released convict in prison only for her suspicious son to start following him after the man’s release and soon find himself out of his depth – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 25th Warning: plot […]

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Under
The Open Sky
(Subarashiki Sekai,
すばらしき世界)

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Post date March 22 2023
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The Open Sky
(Subarashiki Sekai,
すばらしき世界)
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Director – Miwa Nishikawa – 2020 – Japan – 126m ***1/2 A former yakuza killer having served his sentence for murder comes out of prison and attempts to go straight – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023 between Friday, 3rd February and Friday, 31st March Masao Mikami (Koji Yakusho) completes […]