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]

World Cinema Sunday (19/6)      01:50     BBC2            Young Ahmed (2019). I wrote about this film in October 2021. I haven’t changed my views, which won’t surprise anyone, but this is a shorter version. ‘This simple story (in French) seems to have divided critics. A schoolboy in Belgium offends… [continues]

World Cinema Saturday (11/6)    21:00    BBC4          Tove (2020)  Biographical drama by Zaida Bergroth (The Good Son), about the versatile and unconventional Finnish author, illustrator and artist Tove Jansson. Jansson, played by Alma Pöysti (pictured doing what writers mostly do, which is stare into space) was mostly known for the Moomin… [continues]