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Feature Item
21 May 2012
A Jan Svankmajer Retrospective
Steve Williams discusses the magical and macabre world of Jan Svankmajer, the animator of Prague.

Film Review
17 May 2012
The Raid (2012)
Action, violence and masculinity combine with martial arts and gunplay in The Raid.

DVD Review
14 May 2012
ID:A (2011)
Danish thriller ID:A is out now on DVD. Nick Hodgin reviews.

DVD Review
10 May 2012
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Terence Davis returns to feature filmmaking with The Deep Blue Sea which is out on DVD. Andrew Benbow reviews.

DVD Review
7 May 2012
War of the Arrows (2011)
War of the Arrows is Korea's highly acclaimed 'martial art-house' movie, out now on DVD.

Festival Preview
4 May 2012
British Independent Film Festival
The British Independent Film festival kicks off next weekend. Here's a preview.

DVD Review
25 Apr 2012
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
Martin Sheen faces 'the horror' of army life in an early role where he plays a soldier who faces execution for desertion.

DVD Review
17 Apr 2012
Crows Zero (2007)
Youth violence portrayed in the manga adaptation of Crows Zero by Osaka's enfant terrible Takashi Miike.

DVD Review
17 Apr 2012
Il Boom (1963)
Vittorio De Sica's Il Boom, screening at Scotland's Italian film festival, is released on DVD. Tim Smedley reviews.

DVD Review
11 Apr 2012
The Portuguese Nun (A Religiosa Portuguesa, 2009)
The Portuguese Nun is out on DVD. Steve Williams reviews.

DVD Review
10 Apr 2012
Take Shelter
Steven Yates review Jeff Nichols' low-profile American indie Take Shelter.

Film Review
6 Apr 2012
La Grande Illusion (1937)
Jean Renoir's classic of cinema, one of the greatest examinations of the human perspective of war, receives a restored cinematic reissue 75 years after its initial release.

Feature Item
1 Apr 2012
Adrift in Tokyo: A Brief Miki Satoshi Retrospective
Road movie shenanigans (with minimal car use and plenty of footsteps) abound in Miki Satoshi's comedy drama Adrift in Tokyo.

News Item
27 Mar 2012
Creative Essentials Author Wins Lion Award
Patrick Nash, author of the Short Films: Writing the Screenplay' Creative Essential recently won a City & Guilds' Lion Award

Film Review
23 Mar 2012
The Kid with a Bike
The Kid with a Bike is the latest film from the Dardenne brothers. Antonio Pasolini reviews.

Feature Item
22 Mar 2012
Dreaming With Your Eyes Open: Surrealism and the Czech New Wave
Part two of Steve Williams' introduction to the strange and surreal world of Czech cinema.

DVD Review
19 Mar 2012
Love On A Pillow (Le repos du guerrier, 1962)
Roger Vadim's Love on a Pillow is release on DVD today.

Festival Preview
17 Mar 2012
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2012
Hannah Patterson previews the forthcoming BFI Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

DVD Review
12 Mar 2012
Special Forces (Forces spéciales, 2011)
Stéphane Rybojad's Special Forces is released on DVD. Nick Hodgin reviews.

DVD Review
8 Mar 2012
The Front Line (2011)
Korean War film The Front Line has been released on DVD. Anna Mitchell reviews.

DVD Review
5 Mar 2012
Urbanized (2011)
Urbanized is the final documentary in independent filmmaker Gary Hustwit's design trilogy.

Festival review
1 Mar 2012
Glasgow Film Festival 2012 Weimarvellous
Steve Williams reports on the Weimarvellous strand of the Glasgow Film Festival.

Festival Review
26 Feb 2012
East Winds Film Festival
The East Winds Film Festival makes a welcome return for a second year.

Feature Item
23 Feb 2012
Dreaming With Your Eyes Open: Surrealism and the Czech New Wave
With a forthcoming retrospective of Jan Svankmajer's films at the Glasgow film festival, Steve Williams introduces us to the strange and surreal world of Czech cinema.

Book Review
19 Feb 2012
Devil's Advocates Witchfinder General by Ian Cooper
A new book examines Witchfinder General, one of Britain's most loved and loathed horror films. Heritage horror or exploitation violence?




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