Movies out this week include:

Akira The Blue Trail Bridget Jones's Diary Colours of Time Departures Endless Cookie Fight Club Itch! Mirrors No.3 The North Rebuilding Rose Of Nevada Strictly Ballroom The Wizard Of The Kremlin

Latest reviews:

Tony Odyssey The North Rose Of Nevada Heat The Illusion Of A Quiet Night Walud Ben-Hur Itch! Camp Tulips Departures Marama PH-1 The Cramps: A Period Piece Trauma Or, Monsters All Grace Frankie, Maniac Woman Bugboy Tirrenica The Stranger

Latest DVD reviews:

Ben-Hur Cruel Tale Of Bushido Fear In The Night The Devil's Hand Zen And Sword

Eye For Film >> DVDs Out Now

Chrysalis
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Futuristic French thriller erases memories and fights a serial killer.
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Deepwater
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A drifter becomes sucked into the shady dealings of a businessman after saving him from an accident. But will the businessman's wife prove his downfall?
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Water Lilies
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Love and sex become urgent issues for the young members of a sychronised swimming team.
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Strays
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A streetwise twentysomething seeks a more meaningful life than drugs, drink and womanising on the mean streets of New York.
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Diary Of The Dead
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Film students try to record the end of civilisation as they know it when the dead begin to walk. Plus read our with George A Romero.
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Kokoda: 39th Battalion
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Australian forces clash with the Japanese during the Second World War.
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L'Avventura
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After a woman disappears her lover and best friend search for her, only to find they are falling for one another.
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Taxi To The Dark Side
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An unflinching look at the Bush administration's policy on torture.
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Identification Of A Woman
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The casual manipulations of a serial philanderer.
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The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep
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A lonely young boy discovers a magical egg and befriends the strange creature which hatches from it. Plus read our exclusive interview with Jay Russell.
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News

Writing hidden messages Arnaud Desplechin on guilt, melodrama, feeling haunted, and Two Pianos

Clever crafting with Idiots Chris Barfoot on his six-camera set up and three-day shoot of his debut feature

'You get in the car, you go somewhere, you have an experience' Cole Webley and John Magaro on poignant road trip Omaha

Open to magic Pete Ohs on growing as a filmmaker and making Erupcja

Catching a wave Mark Jenkin on time travel, the cinema experience, and Rose Of Nevada

Stray cats Bruno Martín and Santiago Taboada on the grime and the glory of Luger

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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest from the spring events:


Cannes 16 titles added to line-up


Cannes Critics' Week selection of first and second features announced


Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection


Cannes Payal Kapadia heads Critics' Week jury