James Marsh
-
Hailed as “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”, The Room first screened in 2003, and has since become something of a cult phenomenon. An amateurish psycho-drama devoid of stars, talent… Read More
-
In Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, a firefighter who heroically died in the line of duty is taken to the afterlife, where he must undergo seven separate trials… Read More
-
An alien invasion finds its way to Indonesia in this gleefully absurd martial arts/sci-fi mash-up. Just enough fun to give it a pass as mindless late-night entertainment. (at 22:43) Read More
-
In the early 90s, a young man joins the Act Up Paris activist group, takes on the government and the pharmaceutical giants and falls in love with a founding member… Read More
-
Gary Oldman gives one of the strongest performances of his career as Winston Churchill, in Joe Wright’s otherwise rather flimsy WWII drama. Read More
-
Much like the Saw franchise, the Insidious films look backwards as eagerly as they move forwards, folding in on themselves to bring dead characters back time after time. This is hardly surprising, as both… Read More
-
Takeru Satoh (the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy) plays an immortal being in director Katsuyuki Motohiro’s live-action adaptation of Gamon Sakurai’s manga. As with many of these properties, Ajin: Demi-Human has already… Read More
-
“I like horror; it’s been very good to me,” says veteran actress Lin Shaye, 74. It is perhaps the understatement of her recent visit to Hong Kong to promote Insidious:… Read More
-
Over the past 12 months I managed to watch close to 300 films eligible for consideration in my end-of-year Top 10, but only a select few would make the cut. Read More
-
The recent prolific output of Hong Kong action legend Jackie Chan continues, as audiences in China flock to see his films in unprecedented numbers. The quality of Chan’s films has,… Read More
-
The Golden Horse Award-winning debut from writer-director Zhou Ziyang challenges some of the oldest traditions in Chinese culture, as veteran performer Tu Men plays the cash-strapped patriarch of a family… Read More
-
Hailed as the kings of Britpop and the last great rock & roll band of the 20th century, Oasis is the subject of Oasis: Supersonic, a documentary by music video… Read More
-
The debut feature from animation house Studio Ponoc adapts Mary Stewart’s novel The Little Broomstick, in which a young girl discovers a magical flower that powers a seemingly ordinary broomstick,… Read More
-
“A haircut is a haircut”, Jeremy Renner says with a shrug. Arriving fresh from the set of Avengers 4, the two-time Oscar-nominated American actor is sporting a bold mohawk that… Read More
-
Share your favourite – and least favourite – films of the year and see what ends up on top. Read More
-
Prolific Japanese filmmaker Yuya Ishii wrestles the award-winning poetry of Tahi Saihate to the big screen in Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue, an adolescent love… Read More
-
A pair of young lovers find themselves caught at the crossroads of two intersecting realities in the disarming romantic fantasy My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday, adapted by Takahiro Miki ( Blue… Read More
-
Japanese cinema’s enduring love affair with food continues as a mother’s skills in the kitchen keep her family together following her husband’s death. Read More
The James Marsh film review archive 