Director – Wei Shujun – 2023 – China – Cert. 15 – 101m ** A cop must solve a complex murder mystery his chief believes to be an open and shut case – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 16th A small boy with a toy gun plays cops and robbers in a deserted […]
Director – Shinji Somai – 1985 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 88m ***1/2 After violently taking out the stress of yakuza business debts on a call-girl, a man finds her two years later and attempts to rekindle a relationship – roman porno is out on UK Blu-ray on, Monday, July 22nd NSFW. Tokyo. Muraki […]
Director – Brock Heasley – 2023 – US – Cert. 12a – 115m *** A former hedge fund manager is separated from his wife when a mysterious stranger ‘shifts’ him into a parallel world devoid of hope – out on digital from Monday, March 25th and Blu-ray / DVD from Monday, April 1st following its […]
Director – Ryo Takebayashi – 2022 – Japan – Cert. – 82m **** A comedy in which a group of office workers must find a way to escape the week-long time loop in which they find themselves trapped – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024 between Friday, 2nd February and […]
Director – Oliver Hermanus – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 102m ***** Diagnosed with stomach cancer and given only months to live, a bureaucrat searches for something – anything – to give purpose to his hitherto meaningless life in this remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru – out in UK cinemas on Friday, November […]
Director – Lee Jong-pil – 2020 – South Korea – Cert. 12 – 110m ***** Three undervalued corporate women employees investigate an environmental cover up at their company – a teaser screening from the London Korean Film Festival 1995, Korea. Three twentysomething women working in the Samjin Company are consistently undervalued. They meet up after […]
Director – Lik Ho – 2021 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 90m ***1/2 A young loser looks back on his life prior to running a 10K marathon to create an achievement of which he can be proud – online in the UK as part of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, […]