James Marsh
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Nothing triggers a reunion faster than a debilitating illness, and once crowded around a fading loved one’s death bed, what better to do than indulge in nostalgic flashbacks to simpler… Read More
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Part of the Ten Years International Project, born of the success of the controversial Hong Kong film from 2015, Ten Years Japan presents five distinct visions of the country a… Read More
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Ah Thanksgiving, that quintessential American holiday when families are compelled to contend with the year’s harshest weather to make it home and engage in drunken arguments with their relatives. True… Read More
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J. K. Rowling delivers the second of her Potterverse prequels, upping the ante and layering on the allegory. But does it balance the light with the dark sufficiently for younger… Read More
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Since first shuffling onto our screens, zombie films have been employed as allegories for issues ranging from civil rights to consumerism and the one per cent. In The Cured, writer-director… Read More
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Now in its 15th year, the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival continues to shine a spotlight on promising new filmmakers from the region, as well as showcase the latest works… Read More
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British Cinema has produced some of the best romantic comedies ever made, from Educating Rita and Four Weddings and a Funeral to Bridget Jones’ Diary and Love Actually. But they… Read More
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As if the horrors of war weren’t terrifying enough, producer J.J. Abrams pits a squad of inexperienced second world war paratroopers against a cadre of Nazi scientists and their mutant… Read More
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Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario was one of my favourite films of 2015. The sequel does without many of the key players, most notably Emily Blunt, Roger Deakins and Villeneuve, but remembers… Read More
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Flamboyant, bombastic, yet sanitised and sketchy on detail, Bohemian Rhapsody plays it safe recounting the rise of rock legends Queen and the turbulent life of iconic frontman Freddie Mercury. Rami… Read More
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Lightning may never strike twice, but Norwegian geologist Kristian Eikjord (played by Kristoffer Joner) and his family are not so lucky. Just three years after surviving a deadly tsunami in… Read More
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Following the incredible success of zombie juggernaut Train to Busan , Korean studio NEW hopes to recapture the box office magic with Rampant by unleashing undead hordes on Korean cinema’s… Read More
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It’s Gerard Butler on a submarine…what more do you need to know? (at 31:44) Read More
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In 1978, John Carpenter first unleashed the faceless killer Michael Myers on an unsuspecting population of precocious teenagers, giving rise to the slasher genre and changing the horror landscape forever.… Read More
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Cafe Funiculi Funicula employs a fantastical time-travel premise to teach its characters how to seize the moment and let go of their regrets. Inevitably less interested in science fiction than… Read More
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We’ve probably all seen enough zombies and “films within films” to last a dozen lifetimes, yet Shinichiro Ueda’s innovative horror comedy proves there is still nourishment to be sucked from… Read More
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Timo Tjahanto pits The Raid stars Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais against each other in a bombastic, exhausting rollercoaster of bone-crunching action, in which a triad foot-soldier grows a conscience… Read More
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Bradley Cooper reveals himself to be a more than competent musician and an excellent director in this reimagining of the classic narrative, as a washed-up rock star who discovers the… Read More
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