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

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
DVD Review
Musical mayhem, murder most foul, and meat pies with a difference in a gothic tale of doomed love and deadly obsession.
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The Andromeda Strain: The Complete Miniseries
DVD Review
It’s a bad day to be human.
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Bee Movie
DVD Review
A recently graduated bee decides to sue humans for eating honey.
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The Abandoned
DVD Review
A Russian-born American returns to her homeland to be confronted by horror at her family home.
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My Kid Could Paint That
DVD Review
Documentary about a four-year-old who has sold $300,000 of paintings - but is she a genius or an exploited child?
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Eyes Without A Face
DVD Review
A surgeon abducts girls - attempting to transplant their faces on to that of his disfigured daughter.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
DVD Review
Spoof biopic of a rock 'n' roll singer.
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Avril
DVD Review
The life of a novice nun changes after she tracks down the brother she has never met.
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The Jim Jarmusch Collection: Volume 1
DVD Review
Trio of films from the king of dead-pan cinema, featuring Permanent Vacation, Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law.
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Shrooms
DVD Review
A trip too far...
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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