Still needs another much tighter recut, this now unbanned Thai film about a cult of dog-worshipping fanatics is at times intolerable with its B-movie vibe though it unexpectedly turns into something revelatory about the meaning of ‘God’.
Szulkin’s work of political resistance calls to attention what it feels like to be fed propaganda 24/7, in this artsy sci-fi picture about a newscaster forced by the authorities to stick to their script of welcoming the mysterious aliens.
One of Morita’s most popular films sees Koji Yakusho and Hitomi Kuroki give exceptional performances as their characters turn extramarital affairs into a tempting fantasy and radical gesture.
As highly personal a documentary as it gets about seeking for truth and justice, featuring the derring-do of the journalist-director who was sexually assaulted by a powerful man many years ago as she painstakingly attempts to put the demon to the sword.
Minervini’s work about the real America i.e. the disturbia of the working-class provokes with its sheer no-bullshit honesty, with an invisible camera that gives zero distinction between drama and documentary.
Natural prehistory comes to life in a series of special effects ‘attractions’ as Zeman’s charming adventure sees four boys enter a cave that transports them back to millions of years ago.
A work of slow and restrained beauty as Morita’s Meiji era melodrama, about a man who is still in love with a woman who has married his close friend, compels with its effective performances and deliberate mise-en-scene.
While sometimes too overreliant on its non-linear storytelling, this serviceable rehabilitation drama boasts stunning scenes of the Orkney Islands, as Saoirse Ronan captures all of the fury and sensitivity of her character trying to liberate herself from alcoholism.
A cult horror classic from early 1930s Hollywood with visual effects work that remains mind-boggling today, as an experiment gone wrong causes an increasingly erratic scientist to become invisible and immensely powerful.
A professional killer implicated deep within an organised crime syndicate waits to be activated in Morita’s impressive mood piece of a character study, methodically conceived and featuring a denouement as shocking as any in ‘80s Japanese cinema.
Eternality Tan 