Director – Satoshi Kon – 1997 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 81m ***** Multi-layered, identity crisis psycho thriller redefines the boundaries of animation, Japanese or otherwise – 4K Restoration plays in the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, 21st June to Saturday 27th June During a gig by girl pop trio […]
Director – Bi Gan – 2025 – China – Cert. 15 – 160m **** An authority figure pursues a Deliriant – a man who escapes the authorities and his own social responsibilities by dreaming – through a period of a hundred years – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 13th This opens with a long series of intertitles […]
Curators – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2026 – UK **** A chapel interior is repurposed as a reflection on how personal tragedy can awaken empathy, mercy and collective care – exhibition / installation at Fitzrovia Chapel from Friday, March 6th to Wednesday, March 25th It’s a strange phenomenon when you attend an exhibition / installation and the unfamiliar venue […]
Director – Eeva Mägi – 2025 – Estonia – 88m ***** A young ex-con imprisoned as a teenager for killing his younger brother tries to make his way in present-day Tallinn – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival I am wary of unscripted feature films. There is a reason why […]
Director – Alex Tsitsilin – 2014 – Russia – Cert. U – 81m * Sequel to The Snow Queen is a lacklustre CG effort, with script as perfunctory and animation as lacking in character as the worst video game. Orm the troll returns to Troll City following his vanquishing of The Snow Queen in the […]
Director – Christopher Smith – 2020 – UK – Cert. 15 – 97m ***1/2 A vicar, his wife and their daughter move into a haunted rectory which seems to be out to get them – on digital platforms from Friday, March 26th and Shudder from Thursday, April 15th The Rev Stanley Hall (Matthew Clarke) is […]