Creepy, 2016. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuko Takeuchi and Haruna Kawaguchi. SYNOPSIS: Takakura, a recently retired police detective with a specialty in serial killers, has moved to a new neighborhood with his wife Yasuko. The pair quickly learn that their neighbors are of an odd sort, particularly the off-putting Nishino. […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – Three (2016)
Three, 2016. Directed by Johnnie To. Starring Louis Koo, Wei Zhao, Wallace Chung and Lam Suet. SYNOPSIS: Realizing that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – The Colony (2016)
Colonia (a.k.a. The Colony), 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Emma Watson, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Bruhl, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Jeanne Werner and Julian Ovenden. SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from. Every true artist sets out to make […]
23rd Raindance Film Festival: Winners Announced
The 23rd annual Raindance Film Festival announced the winning films in 12 categories at this year’s annual Raindance Film Festival Awards ceremony at The May Fair Hotel on Friday, 2nd October. The festival, which closes on Sunday 4th October, has hosted over 90 feature length films, 200 shorts and 30 industry events from more 48 countries. […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – In The Crosswind (2014)
In The Crosswind, 2014. Directed by Martti Helde. Starring Ingrid Isotamm, Mirt Preegel, Laura Peterson, Tarmo Song and Einar Hillep. SYNOPSIS: In 1941, an Estonian woman and her young daughter struggle to find their way home after being deported to Siberia by the Soviet occupiers, in this dreamlike saga of survival inspired by a true […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Tag (2015)
Tag, 2015. Directed by Sion Sono. Starring Reina Trendl, Mariko Shinoda and Erina Mano. SYNOPSIS: Mitsuko, a normal, average schoolgirl, experiences extreme situations that lead her to question her own reality. That plot synopsis of Tag above is simply a decent guess. Director Sion Sono has already directed six films this year, with a seventh […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul, 2015. Directed by Lazlo Nemes. Starring Geza Rohrig, Urs Rechn and Uwe Lauer. SYNOPSIS: A prisoner forced to help exterminate his people finds a body that he believes is his son and will stop at nothing to give him a proper burial. Son of Saul opens with a scene that would be […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Victoria (2015)
Victoria, 2015. Directed by Sebastian Schipper. Starring Laia Costa, Frederick Lau and Franz Rogowski. SYNOPSIS: Victoria meets a group of guys while at a club, but soon finds herself drawn into their world when they have to repay a dangerous favour that same night. If you’ve read anything about Victoria, it’s that it’s done in […]
TIFF 2015: Heat 20th Anniversary with Michael Mann
Ricky Church reports on the Heat 20th anniversary screening and Michael Mann Q&A at Toronto International Film Festival… One of the most groundbreaking crime dramas of its time, Heat celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Toronto International Film Festival with a screening of the film in a new 35mm print followed by a Q&A session […]
Sundance Film Festival: London sets 2016 dates
The Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas have announced that they will host Sundance Film Festival: London from 10th to 12th June 2016 at the recently launched Picturehouse Central, and will feature the international and UK premieres of films from the 2016 edition of the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA. “Building on […]
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