Incoming: Youth
Xiaoping (Miao Miao), is a talented dancer from Beijing with a painful family history – her father has been sent for re-education. A shining prince, Liu Feng (Xuan Huang), brings…
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Film Review: Mountains May Depart
Until recently, the Mainland Chinese cinema was a mystery to almost everyone outside of the country. The economic and public reforms within China this century has led to an opening-up,…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Apartment
For more than five decades Jack Lemmon was a familiar face on big screens and a much-loved actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts…
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Film Review: The Unseen
I can only imagine the kind of anxiety and fear being in charge of a child can instil in an adult who is more than a little terrified of the…
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Film Review: The Prince of Nothingwood
Whilst most of the world has heard of Hollywood, and to a lesser extent Bollywood, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of cinema industries around the world. Some are highly…
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Incoming: Mountain
Willem Dafoe narrates the cinematically stunning exploration of our modern fascination with mountains set to music by one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world. Mountain is in cinemas…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Cremator
For a species which specialises in horrendous acts of depravity, the lowest point (so far) in human history was unquestionably The Holocaust. The true horror has been documented many times…
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Incoming: Brisby Bear
Superfan James is obsessed with the clever if quaintly goofy kids’ show Brigsby Bear to the point of religiosity. A bright, sensitive young adult still living at home, he has…
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Blu-Ray Review: Melville – The Essential Collection
It’s no exaggeration to say that the French aren’t exactly short of great film directors. Bresson, Godard, Clouzot, Truffaut, Varda, Tati, Chabrol, Rohmer, Demy – the list goes on and…
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Blu-Ray Review: Carrie
There must be very few authors who have had more of their work adapted for film and TV than Stephen King. I can only think of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens,…
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