Incoming: Their Finest
1940, London, the Blitz; with the country’s morale at stake, Catrin (Gemma Arterton), an untried screenwriter, and a makeshift cast and crew, work under fire to make a film to…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Life of Oharu (Criterion Collection)
There have been many films made about prostitutes, courtesans and concubines, but in Kenji Mizoguchi 1952 film The Life of Oharu the principal is all three. However, it’s more in…
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Incoming: The Belko Experiment
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company’s…
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Blu-Ray Review: Drunken Master (Masters of Cinema)
Martial Arts films were a huge global phenomenon at the beginning of the 1970s. The market was flooded with hundreds of low budget, badly dubbed films from Hong Kong. The…
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Incoming: Clash
Set in a police truck, a group of demonstrators from across the divisions in Egyptian society are forced together through a series of violent protests in Cairo following the events…
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Blu-Ray Review: Umberto D
Italian Neo-realism emerged after the end of the Second World War. It was a direct reaction to the changing social and economic climate in Italy, characterised by a focus on…
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Film Review: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
I’m not a fan of boxing, and by extension, most films about boxing tend to leave me cold. However, it’s a sport which has produced some notable movies over the…
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Blu-Ray Review: The City of the Dead
Christopher Lee was the most iconic face of horror cinema. He was one of the most prolific actors around in a career in film and television which spanned eight decades.…
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Incoming: Mulholland Drive
Consistently hailed the best film of the 21st century, David Lynch’s quintessential neo-noir is now available in a new 4K digital transfer. Naomi Watts gives a career-making performance as aspiring…
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Incoming: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Adapted from Ken Kesey’s novel, the film centres on Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a convict who simulates mental illness in the hope that a transfer to psychiatric hospital might ensure…
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