World Cinema Saturday (23/7)        23:15    Film4    Sputnik (2020). Not seen this, but I want to. I like Russian science fiction. One of my little projects is to acquire the film of Zamyatin’s extraordinary We, which was the first book censored by Lenin after the Revolution. Sadly, the cultural boycott has made doing business with Russia… [continues]

World Cinema Saturday (16/7)        23:15   Film4    Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020). A delightful Japanese micro-budget time-travelling comedy about a young bloke who is suddenly addressed by a face on his iMac. It’s himself, two minutes into the future. He shows his friends in the cafe where he works (above). A… [continues]

World Cinema Monday (11/7)         00:50   Film4           Blade of the Immortal (2017) (pictured) Ultra-violent Japanese nasty. ‘It’s a stylish slash fest, which delivers visceral thrills along with quietly striking moments of beauty,’ said Wendy Ide in the Observer. Well, good for Wendy. I hate these films. The Japanese people… [continues]

World Cinema Monday (4/7)      01:05    Film4   Custody (2017). Xavier Legrand’s debut film begins In a courtroom in northern France. Antoine (Denis Ménochet), a hospital security guard, seeks joint custody of his 11-year-old son Julien, after the acrimonious break-up of his marriage. But is Antoine the model citizen and caring father he seems?… [continues]