The Shrouds (15) |Close-Up Film Review
David Cronenberg’s new film is his best work this century. It is quietly thrilling and an immaculate piece of world building.
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Author: Colin Dibben
The Shrouds (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Heart of Stone (PG) |Home Ents Review
Fans of the classic children’s film The Singing Ring Tree will drool over this astonishingly coloured fairy tale, the first such offering from DEFA, East Germany’s state-owned film studio.
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Divine Love (18) |Home Ents Review
Faith and sexuality face off with surveillance technology and conservative politics in this masterclass in woozy, near-future, dystopian world-building.
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Hong Kong 1941 (12) |Home Ents Review
This intimate epic showcases the nuances Hong Kong film was capable of in its heyday: it is a powerful tale of family tensions, a love triangle, loyalty among friends and a brutal occupation.
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Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA (U) |Home Ents Review
Prepare to see something you probably haven’t seen before: East German sci fi films, spanning the continuum from stolid Internationalist propaganda to delirious 70s disco weirdness.
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Motorpsycho/ Russ Meyer’s Up! (18) |Home Ents Review
Two slabs of sex, violence and comic sexual violence from the inimitable Russ Meyer.
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Oil Lamps (15) |Home Ents Review
A lavish and decadent costume drama that looks like a series of Manet paintings, Oil Lamps brings a healthy dose of carnival, cynicism and disease to the genre.
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The Adventurers (15) |Home Ents Review
Mayhem on all fronts – guns, love and obsession! This is Hong Kong action cinema that is as close as it gets to its Hollywood evil twin.
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The Coffee Table (15) |Home Ents Review
The film grips relentlessly, despite its ‘chamber piece’ nature – and packs an emotional wallop that will stay with you.
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Eclipse (15) |Home Ents Review
A quirky, downbeat and intriguing, forgotten Brit film from the 1970s gets a re-release thanks to the BFI.
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