Movies out this week include:

Fight Club Itch! The North Rose Of Nevada Slither Strictly Ballroom Wild Foxes

Latest reviews:

Wardriver Storm Rider: Legend Of Hammerhead 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

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

Jean Renoir Collection
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Seven-disc collection of the French director's work.
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Notes On A Scandal
DVD Review
A sexual adventure leads to emotional blackmail in a comprehensive school.
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Sex And Fury
DVD Review
Pinky violence film about a female yakuza out for vengeance.
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Female Yakuza Tale
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Japanese female fighter, famous for wardrobe malfunctions, takes on a gang of kidnappers.
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Dead or Alive: Final
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A renegade cyborg locks horns with a hard-boiled cop in the final part of Takashi Miike's sci-fi trilogy.
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New Tricks: Series 3
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Ex coppers solve shelved crimes with panache and old fashioned eccentricity.
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The Making Of A Film Idol
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Documentary about a talent competition to find extras for a gangster film.
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9th Company
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Raw Russian recruits join an elite brigade in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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CSI: 6.2
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Second half of the sixth season, sees Brass run into trouble. Out to own from June 4.
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Ashes And Diamonds
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On the last day of World War Two, A group of Polish resistance fighters make a botched attempt to kill a Soviet commissar. As they wait to try again, one of them falls in love.
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News

Fighting fit for a debut feature Valéry Carnoy talks toxic masculinity, memory, confidence and Belgian 'soft-power'

Collective power We look ahead at the programme of this year's Folk Film Gathering

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

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Cannes 16 titles added to line-up


Cannes Carla Simón heads short film jury


Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection


Cannes Payal Kapadia heads Critics' Week jury