The Keeping Room
Director: Daniel Barber Writer: Julia Hart Cast: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru, Sam Worthington, Kyle Soller, Amy Nuttall, Ned Dennehy Cert: 15 Running time: 95mins Year: 2014 The lowdown:…
Month: October 2014
The World of Kanako
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima Writer: Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay) Akio Fukamachi (novel) Cast: Koji Yakusho, Miki Nakatani, Nana Komatsu, Jun Kunimura, Hiroya Shimizu, Asuka Kurosawa Cert: 18 TBC Running time: 118mins Year:…
Mizuho Nishikubo talks Giovanni’s Island
Two brothers’ experiences on an island off the North tip of Japan in the year’s after World War 2 form the core of Mizuho Nishikubo’s Giovanni’s Island. When the Soviet…
Hubert’s Ghost wins Shortcuts To Hell II Grand Prize!
On Wednesday 8th October the opening of the London Film Festival dominated news in the capital. But, at The Phoenix Artist Club on Charing Cross Road there was also something…
Pasolini
Director: Abel Ferrara Writer: Maurizio Braucci Cast: Willem Dafoe, Adriana Asti, Giada Colagrande, Valerio Mastandrea, Maria de Medeiros Cert: 18 TBC Running time: 84mins Year: 2014 The lowdown:…
Benedict Cumberbatch on playing The Imitation Game
Based on the life of British mathematical genius Alan Turing, The Imitation Game was a fine choice to open the 58th BFI London Film Festival. Leading the team at Bletchley…
The Imitation Game
Director: Morten Tyldum Writer: Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges (book) Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong Cert: 12 Running time: 113mins Year: 2014 …
Giovanni’s Island
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo Writer: Shigemichi Sugita, Yoshiki Sakurai Cast: Kota Yokoyama, Masachika Ichimura, Yusuke Santamaria, Saburo Kitajima, Polina Ilyushenko, Tatsuya Nakadai Cert: PG Running time: 102mins Year: 2014 The…
Tokyo Tribe
Director: Sion Sono Writer: Sion Sono (script) Santa Inoue (manga) Cast: Young Dais, Ryouhei Suzuki, Nana Seino, Shota Sometani, Riki Takeuchi Cert: 18 Running time: 117mins Year: 2014 The…
The Man in the Orange Jacket
Director: Aik Karapetian Writer: Aik Karapetian Cast: Maxim Lazarev, Aris Rozentals, Anta Aizupe Cert: 18 TBC Running time: 70mins Year: 2014 The lowdown: Latvia enters the horror arena reportedly…