Reviews

The cult series of six films based on the internationally best-selling Japanese Manga Comics explore the vengeful antics of the shogun's executioner Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama) who is Japan's answer...

Dir: Paul Verhoeven | Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Anne Consigny, Laurent Lafitte | Drama | 130min | Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven's first French-language feature came to the Cannes Competition with magnificent Isabelle...

Dir: Janusz Majewski | Musical Drama | Poland | 112min Janusz Majewski's stylish musical drama sees a former soldier and jazz fan return to Poland after the Second World War where...

Dir: John Ford | Writer: Frank S Nugent : Cast: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Linda Cristal, Paul Birch, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Annelle Hayes | 109min | Western | US John...

Jacques Becker, who was born and died in Paris (1906-1960), only made thirteen feature films in a relatively short period of time, between 1942 and 1960. His legacy was small...

Human Rights Watch Film Festival is thundering back to the BARBICAN, BRITISH MUSEUM and PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL with a fresh and resonant array of award-winning features and documentaries that showcase shifting...

Dir: Jasper Sharp and Tim Grabham | Nature Doc | 84min | UK "Being Slime Mould"  a workshop where participants are actively encouraged to engage with this baffling organism and transform...

Dir.: Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol; Documentary; USA 2015, 82 min. Uncertain is a town of 94 inhabitants that lies on the Texas side of the border with Louisiana. The Sheriff jokes:“You've...

Dir.: Tiffany Hsiung; Documentary; Canada 2016, 104 min. Filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung's debut is a moving but never sentimental tribute to three elderly women from China, South Korea and the Philippines. They...