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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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Incoming: Arabian Nights: The Desolate One

The latest from Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Our Beloved Month of August) Arabian Nights (As mil e uma noites) is probably this year’s most ambitious cinematic undertaking, and the most talked…

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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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Incoming: Bastille Day

Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar,…

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Film Review: Kicking-Off

football fans are a peculiar lot and being rational doesn’t really go hand in hand with supporting a club. The anger, the humiliation, the indignity, the depression; anyone supporting one…

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Film Review: The Divide

Today, society in much of the First World is more polarised than it has been at any time since the World War I. Indeed, as the introduction in The Divide…

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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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Incoming: Jane’s Got a Gun

A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Jane’s Got a Gun is out in cinemas on…

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Film Review: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Art and controversy are regular bedfellows but occasionally an artist will create such a stir that it will resonate to a far greater audience than their work attracts. Robert Mapplethorpe…

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