Director – John Andreas Andersen – 2022 – Norway – Cert. 12 – 104m *** An underwater technician attempts to rescue her lover who is trapped and probably dead on an oil rig amidst impending ecological disaster – out on digital on Monday, May 30th The Norwegian title translates literally as North Sea, so renaming […]
Directors – Jeff Tudor, Steven de Beul, Ben Tesseur – 2021 – Netherlands, Germany, Belgium – Cert. U – 82m **** People in an idyllic town must thwart the nefarious plans of a mad scientist in this extraordinary amalgam of dance, live action performers and animation – out in cinemas in the UK on Friday, […]
Director – Min Kyu-dong – 2020 – South Korea – Cert. 12a – 108m ***** Just how capable are caregiver androids of looking after their terminally ill patients? – thought-provoking science fiction from the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF), on now In a vast, multi-storey building complex, end of life patients are attended by […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2002 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 77m ***** Unlike any terrorised female narrative you’ve ever seen, at once bizarre and hugely rewarding – currently streaming on BFI Player as part of the BFI Japan 2021 programme This review originally appeared in What’s On In London, June 2003. In an […]
Director – Wyatt Rockefeller – 2021 – UK – Cert. 15 – 103m ****1/2 The lives of a one-child family living on a farm on Mars are changed forever by the arrival of a hostile outsider – out on digital platforms from Friday, July 30th Reza (Jonny Lee Miller from Regeneration, Gillies Mackinnon, 1997; Trainspotting, […]
Director – Tony Cervone – 2020 – US – Cert. PG – 93m **** Available on VoD from Friday, July 10th and BD/DVD Monday, September 28th I grew up watching Hanna-Barbera cartoons which would play in, if I recall, the 5.20 slot on the BBC. Some were better than others. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-70) […]
Secretary Director – Steven Shainberg – 2002 – US – Cert. 18 – 106m ***** A Snake Of June (Rokugatsu No Hebi, 六月の蛇) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2002 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 77m ***** Double DVD review originally published in Third Way, February 2004. The cover image (rear view of a female […]