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 Rose Of Nevada Strictly Ballroom The Wizard Of The Kremlin

Latest reviews:

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 We Are Stardust Violence

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 Chaplin Revue
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Three short, silent Charlie Chaplin comedies - A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim - in a restored edition with new music.
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The Undercover War
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A young Luxembourger dodges the German draft by hiding out in an iron mine.
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Freakonomics
DVD Review
Portmanteau documentary based on the best-selling book that promises to explore the "hidden side of everything".
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I Spit On Your Grave
DVD Review
A woman seeks revenge after she is brutally gang-raped.
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Koktebel
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A father and son's relationship is explored on a road trip.
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Family Guy: It's A Trap
DVD Review
Last in the trilogy of the animation's Star Wars specials.
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Frankie Boyle: If I Could Reach Through Your TV And Strangle You, I Would
DVD Review
Frankie Boyle’s latest (and, he says, last) stand-up tour, filmed at the Hammersmith Apollo.
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Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
DVD Review
Honest and open portrait of the groundbreaking comedienne.
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The Maid
DVD Review
A servant goes to extreme lengths to stay with the family she's obsessed with - and to get rid of the competition.
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Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide
DVD Review
Collection of trailers to films that fell foul of censorship laws, along with documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape.
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News

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

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

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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