Now, as usual, some of these films had been transmitted by the time we got the page away. But it’s the modern world and you can find them online if you want them. I recommend JustWatch. There’s a search function and that will show you all the options for downloading or streaming. Don’t bother making… [continues]

World Cinema Sunday (11/12)           01:25   Film4    Sputnik (2020) Russian science fiction horror about a Soviet-era astronaut who returns from a planet with an alien life form installed as a parasite. Generic on the face of it, but – do you need me to tell you this? – there’s a subtext.… [continues]

World Cinema Wednesday (23/11)       01:25   Film4    Two of Us (2019) Well, this is the film we saw at Cheltenham Film Society the other week. I had seen it before but didn’t remember it. I got much more from it the second time. A couple of ladies in mature life are in love… [continues]

World Cinema Monday (31/10)      01:55   Film4   Savage (Xue bao) (2018 ) A straightforward but visually sumptuous action movie set on a frozen mountain in northeastern China. Two detectives are drinking in a bar and vying for the affections of a local doctor when three hoodlums arrive and kill one of the buddies. The other,… [continues]

World Cinema Saturday (22/10)        00:30    Film4 & All4             Deerskin (2019)  This very black (or possibly beige) comedy is another weird and wonderful triumph for maverick auteur Quentin Dupieux, whose follow up movie Mandibles, is the most original French film I’ve seen for years. As in Mandibles,… [continues]

World Cinema Monday (17/10)   01:35   Film4             Night of the Kings (2020) MACA (Maison d’Arrêt et de Correction d’Abijan) is the main prison of the Ivory Coast’s capital and a world unto itself. Philippe Lacôte’s second feature follows Roman (Bakary Koné), a new arrival, who is forced to entertain fellow… [continues]