There is a great joy to be gleaned from the current golden age of boutique home video labels in their discovery of films previously lost to time; enter Masters of Cinema with their release of Elaine May’s A New Leaf. As expressed in the featured video essay, the Bluebeard of […]
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Host of the Uncut Network. With a love of movies kicked off by Hong Kong Action and Claymation Monsters, Rob has forever been cradled in the bosom of Cinema. Rob has his hands in many a pie, including no budget film making. Filthy
Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between A Criminal & A Whore (2016)(Review)
Philippine director Khavn De La Cruz collaborates with Wong-Kar Wai alumni DP Christopher Doyle for Third Windows latest in an exceptionally difficult film to pigeon-hole due to its outright evasion of genre convention. On its surface, Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore is a musical […]
Song of the Sea (2015) One of the most beautiful animated films we’ve ever seen (Review)
There is a problem in British Cinema and it’s the relationship with its own mythology and history; go to Korea, Japan, Scandinavia or India and you’ll find numerous movies, cartoons, comic books and other paraphernalia devoted to traditional folklore. British Cinema is more captivated by modern history, politics and its […]
The Ladykillers (1955) Impossibly influential dark comedy caper is still as fresh as a daisy (Review)
Few cinematic institutions rival Ealing Studios; the only similar shadows are cast by British Horror emblem Hammer and the Hong Kong Martial Arts stalwarts, the Shaw Brothers. Between 1930 and 1959, the West London studio bore cinematic fruit that not only stands up to this day, many titles could also […]
Night and the City (1950) Jules Dassin’s Great British Neo-Noir (Review)
Renowned and respected in his own time, but outside of the critical fraternity Jules Dassin is teetering on being forgotten in ours. Between Arrow Films, Eureka and now the BFI, the pinnacle of the UK home video market are doing their very best to bring him back into relevance and to […]
Obon Brothers (2015) Character drama that peeks at the Japanese film industry (Festival Review)
Media that peers behind the curtain have provided the world of cinema with countless icons and classics. There is something about being allowed to observe the highs and lows of a world so close yet so alien which has made it such a rich well for filmmakers globally. Of course, […]
Slum-Polis (2015) Intriguing Japanese Apocalypse Drama from Raindance (Review)
In the wake of the Tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, there has been a movement of directors – both high and low profile – who have used that catastrophe to open up a cinematic discourse; one of the more successful examples is Sono’s Land of Hope. Sono formed one […]
Zombie Fight Club (2014): high trash, complete trash or somewhere in-between? (Review)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; take any Zeitgeist movie and the wave of films that come in its wake is incredible. Take Gareth Evans’ The Raid as a classic example; the hyper-violent multi-story siege film has since enjoyed a massive rise in currency since its shocking, out-of-the-blue success. […]
Eyes Without a Face (1960) An all-timer & one of horrors true one-of-a-kind movies (Review)
The longer cinema has existed as a collaborative medium the more competition there is and the more movies are being made. To stand out from the masses you have to strive to be ahead of the curve – good directors can beat the crowd by a few years; the legendary […]
Exit (2014) A subtle showcase for Shiang-chyi Chen (Review)
The appearance of new film distributors in the UK is a significant occasion, especially when they are dealing exclusively with Asian cinema. The birth of Facet Films brings with it new possibilities, one of which is Chienn Hsiang’s directorial début – Exit. With this film, he follows the rich tradition […]