Colin Dibben, Author at close-upfilm

Walkabout (12) Home Ents Review

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Colin Dibben David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, John Meillon, Luc Roeg, Walkabout

This brand new 4K restoration of the much-loved film makes me think that Nic Roeg was a good cinematographer but a deeply annoying editor, full of hippy bluster.

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L’Argent (12) |Home Ents Review

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Colin Dibben Caroline Lang, Christian Patey, L’Argent, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Vincent Risterucci

L’Argent is the greatest crime film ever made. It’s one of the most austere and most focused films ever, too. Best of all, it doesn’t need a big screen to have full impact. You’d be mad not to watch it at least twice.

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Running Out of Time / Running Out of Time 2 (15) |Home Ents Review

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Colin Dibben Andy Lau, Ekin Cheng, Hui Shiu Hung, Lan Ching-wan, Running Out of Time

Two offbeat and intriguing cat-and-mouse, Hong Kong cop versus super-robber thrillers from the always surprising Johnnie To, together for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, scanned and restored in 2K.

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The Appointment (15) |Home Ents Review

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Colin Dibben Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom, The Appointment

A welcome return for this lost gem, a very British ‘weird tale’, unseen for decades after its time on regional ITV channels.

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Martyrs Lane (15) |Home Ents Review

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Colin Dibben Denise Gough, Hannah Rae, Kiera Thompson, Martyrs Lane, Sienna Sayer, Steven Cree

Leah (Thompson) lives in a large, old vicarage with her kind but busy father and her detached, miserable mother. In an attempt to bring herself closer to her mum, Leah steals the contents of a locket that her mum keeps around her neck.

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Wayfinder (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Colin Dibben Anita Neil, Maa Afua, Mataio Austin Dean, Perside Rodrigues, Russell Tovey, Wayfinder

Intriguing and frustrating in equal measure, British-Ghanian artist Larry Achiampong’s film essay is a fragmentary, poetic reverie on race, class and economic exclusion in post-colonial England.

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (15) |Home Ents Review

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Colin Dibben Bulle Ogier, Delphine Seyrig, Fernando Rey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Stephane Audran, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Don Felipe (Ray), a drug-dealing ambassador, and his posh friends try to have dinner together in this highly regarded late film by Luis Bunuel.

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Earwig (15) |Close-Up Film Review

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 Colin Dibben Alex Lawther, Earwig

Dreamlike but compelling, this dark jewel immerses you in a different kind of creepy.

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Luminous Procuress (18) Home Ents Review

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Colin Dibben Luminous Procuress, Pandora, Ronald Farrell, ruth weiss, Steve Solberg, The Cockettes

This sensuous and sexy, head-trippy hymn to gender fluidity, beautifully restored with crystal clear images and colours like on the first day of creation, is a total must see.

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Revolver (15) |Home Ents Review

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Colin Dibben Agostina Belli, Fabio Testi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Oliver Reed, Paola Pitagora, Revolver

Oliver Reed is on nice form in this very 1970s slice of political conspiracy euro-thriller, with old-fashioned class struggle resonances.