Review
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Share your favourite – and least favourite – films of the year and see what ends up on top. Read More
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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
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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
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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
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A lyrical reimagining of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, Harry Cleven’s Angel explores the world of a young boy whom nobody can see, and how that impacts his ability to… Read More
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The demand for tulips spiralled out of control in 17th-century Amsterdam, with the rich paying exorbitant prices for flowers that retained only fleeting, superficial value. Against this brutal backdrop of… Read More
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Kenneth Branagh directs and dons the ridiculous moustache and outrageous Belgian accent, as Hercules Poirot investigates murder most foul amidst a star-studded carriage of locomotive passengers. Read More
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The life and achievements of Robin Cavendish, one of Britain’s longest-surviving “responauts”, is the subject of Breathe, the well-intentioned directorial debut from actor Andy Serkis. Read my review Read More
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A killer becomes a media sensation after publishing a book about his heinous crimes in this preposterous film by Yu Irie. Not to be confused with Won Shin-yeon’s recent Memoir… Read More
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Jean-Luc Godard, the French New Wave architect regarded by many as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, is the subject of a new film by Oscar-winning director Michel… Read More
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Often regarded as the modern-day Yasujiro Ozu for his poignant family dramas such as Still Walking (2008) and Like Father, Like Son (2013), Hirokazu Koreeda takes a rare stride into… Read More
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From The Elephant Man to The Theory of Everything , cinema regularly adopts the struggles of the disabled to illustrate how true beauty and humanity permeates from within. Many such… Read More
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Jessica Rothe plays a sorority girl caught in a time loop on what is not only her birthday, but also the day in which she is brutally murdered. Groundhog Day… Read More
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Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase explores the emotional power of sight and imagery in Radiance, a romance between a young writer and a middle-aged photographer whose sight is failing him. While… Read More
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