Chung Kuo China
DVD Review
Documentary exploring China in the early 70s, originally shown as a three-part TV series.
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Life, Above All
DVD Review
A 12-year-old girl struggles to protect her family as her stepfather descends into alcoholism and her mother becomes increasingly ill, in a small town full of prejudice and hostility.
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Frankenhooker
DVD Review
After his girlfriend is decapitated, a former medical student aims to build her a new body from pieces of streetwalkers.
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Midnight In Paris
DVD Review
A struggling writer visiting Paris with his fiancee explores the city's illustrious past in order to find his real passions.
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The Cat O' Nine Tails
DVD Review
A newspaper reporter and a blind puzzle expert team up to try and solve a string of murders.
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Tomie: Unlimited
DVD Review
A photography student's life takes a turn for the worse when her dead sister is welcomed back into the family home.
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Drive
DVD Review
A stuntman who moonlights as a wheelman finds he is the target of a hit.
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Villain
DVD Review
A man's life becomes increasingly complicated and dagerous after he murders a young woman.
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Punishment Park
Blu-Ray Review
Psuedo documentary in which a film crew follow a group of US draft dodgers and rebels as they are given the choice between jail and a three-day endurance test in the park of the title.
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Arrietty
DVD Review
Studio Ghibli's reworking of an English classic about very small people trying to make their way in the world.
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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