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 Rebuilding Strictly Ballroom The Wizard Of The Kremlin

Latest reviews:

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 We Are Stardust Violence Body Of Our Own Mr. Burton

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

The Deadly Trap
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Paranoia brews for a couple of Americans in Paris.
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And Hope To Die
DVD Review
A man on the run falls in with a group of criminals.
Berberian Sound Studio
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In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film where his nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche.
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Take This Waltz
DVD Review
A romantic drama about a young woman torn between the man she has and the man she wants.
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Dark Nature
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A woman and her family come under attack while on holiday in the Highlands.
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Southern Comfort
Blu-Ray Review
National Guardsmen on an remote exercise run into trouble on the bayou.
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Zombie Flesh Eaters
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A woman searching for her father stumbles on an island of the undead.
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Combat Shock
DVD Review
A Vietnam veteran struggles to cope with post-traumatic stress.
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London: The Modern Babylon
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Snapshot of England's capital from the turn of the 20th century.
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César And Rosalie
DVD Review
A love triangle between a woman and two very different men is explored in typically French fashion.
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News

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

From the withered tree Taratoa Stappard on colonial hierarchies, Ariana Osborne and Marama

Behind the tsar Olivier Assayas on humanising history in The Wizard Of The Kremlin

Suppressed energy Toby Jones on crafting characters and his role in Mr. Burton

Final exit for France’s national treasure Nathalie Baye From Truffaut to Beauvois she relished playing 'dangerous women'

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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