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The Ice Tower
(La Tour de Glace)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 21 2025
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(La Tour de Glace)
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Director – Lucile Hadzihalilovic – 2025 – France, Germany, Italy – Cert. 15 – 117m ***** Midwinter. A homeless girl stumbles onto a film set where a notoriously difficult actress is shooting an adaptation of The Snow Queen – screens exclusively on BFI Player from Monday, January 12th Opening with microscopic images of of snowflakes and more […]

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The Piano Teacher
(La Pianiste)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 6 2025
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(La Pianiste)
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Director – Michael Haneke – 2001 – Austria, France – Cert. 18 – 131m ***** A masochistic piano teacher with an abusive mother embarks on an affair with a young male student – the opening film of Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective, in UK cinemas from Friday, June 6th and on BFI Player from Thursday, […]

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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 […]