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DVD Review: Mysterious Object at Noon

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is easily the most renowned director working today in Thailand’s independent cinema. Operating outside of the studio system, he’s achieved his greatest successes with Uncle Boonmee Who Can…

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DVD Review: The Zero Boys

The ’80s was the decade where action films first came to the fore. Whilst Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee may have pioneered the first Asian invasion of martial arts films,…

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DVD Review: The Ninth Configuration

A quick look at William Blatty’s writing credits will give you an idea of what to expect from his first film, The Ninth Configuration. Blatty is best known for his…

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DVD Review: Miss Hokusai

There are a lot of people who view Manga with disdain and prejudice. However, the art-form, whether it be in the medium of comic, TV show or film, is highly…

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DVD Review: Three Days of the Condor (Masters of Cinema)

Sidney Pollock was a strange American director for his time. Whilst he came through at the same time as many of the new American film-makers in the 1970s, his output…

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DVD Review: Heartless

Vampires are big business, just look at how much money the ridiculously bad Twilight saga has made. There’s a whole section of literature dedicated to the sub-genre and young adult…

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DVD Review: Chronic

When Tim Roth burst onto the scene in the early 1990s with a string of impressive performances he announced himself as one of the most exciting young British actors. Great…

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DVD Review: Jeruzalem

Innovations in technology, significantly driving down costs and allowing the entire post-production process to be carried out in your living room, have opened the gates of film-making up to a…

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DVD Review: Sunset Song

The translation of great works of literature to the big screen has rarely been a smooth one. Shakespeare has probably turned in his grave more often than any, but there…

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Blu-ray Review: The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection

Rainer Werner Fassbinder will be an unfamiliar name to many but the German director was highly prolific, completing forty film in a career spanning just 15 years. He was possibly…

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