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DVD Review
4 Dec 2011
Broken Lines
Getting their lines crossed? Sarah Manvel reviews Sallie Aprahamian's Broken Lines.

DVD Review
10 Oct 2011
Bunraku
Set in an origami universe, Bunraku is a samurai-western. Glenn Watson reviews.

DVD Review
2 Mar 2011
Bedevilled
Prepare to be shocked. Bedevilled is a thrilling drama from Korean director Jang Cheol-soo

Film Review
3 Feb 2011
Brighton Rock
Does Brighton Rock rock? Sarah Manvel reviews the remake of a British classic.

Film Review
20 Jan 2011
Black Swan
Lake it or leave it? Why Black Swan ruffles Sarah Manvel's feathers.

DVD Review
15 Sep 2008
Basic Instinct (1992)
Crossing the boundaries of good taste? The early 1990s hit is out on a new DVD edition

Film Review
1 Sep 2008
Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick's Badlands is as relevant now as it was 25 years ago, says Sarah Manvel

DVD Review
28 Feb 2008
Benny's Video
Video killed...: Michael Haneke's 1992 film is a disturbing and witty analysis of the impact of post-modern media saturation on the human psyche

DVD Review
20 Dec 2007
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Fassbinder's ambitious and controversial epic TV project is now available on DVD

DVD Review
13 Dec 2007
Bright Future (Akarui mirai)
Future imperfect: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's surreal mélange of genres pleases Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc

Film Review
8 Feb 2007
Babel
Much ado about nothing: Edward Lamberti is disappointed by Babel's lack of eloquence

Film Review
5 Feb 2007
Blood Diamond
A miner type of art: Blood Diamond dodges political depth in favour of action thrills. But Edward Lamberti does not dismiss it altogether

Film Review
19 May 2006
Black Sun
The story of an artist who went blind after an attack and used his tragedy as a re-birth impressed Ian Haydn Smith

Film Review
25 Jan 2006
Bee Season
Bee Season may be well-meant, but the result is a kaleidoscopic mess

Film Review
5 Jan 2006
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain may be galloping towards the Oscars and heaping praise since its US release, but Ed Lamberti thinks Ang Lee may have taken his understated style a little bit too far

Film Review
15 Dec 2005
Blood for Dracula
Camp, sexy and lots of fun. Antonio Pasolini offers his neckn to Paul Morrissey's Dracula

DVD Review
3 Oct 2005
Box of the Banned
They were the cause célèbre of early eighties Britain, and now the video nasties have returned in a lavish new DVD boxset from Anchor Bay – but twenty years on, do they still have the power to shock? Calum Wadell finds out

Film Review
1 Aug 2005
Brotherhood
The Korean war has long been overshadowed by other conflicts, though its bloody history is certainly no less powerful or worthy of remembrance. John Gorick reviews a new film that explores the war from the perspective of two Korean soldiers

Film Review
11 Jul 2005
Bin-jip (3 Iron)
Golf might not seem the most obvious metaphor for a film about the fragility of human relationships and the music of chance, but then Korean cinema has its own set of rules. Antonio Pasolini thinks we could all learn a lesson from Kim Ki-duk

Film Review
29 Mar 2005
Be Cool
Ten years on from Get Shorty and Chili Palmer is back, but this time he's making music, not movies. John Travolta reprises his role as the reformed gangster, but as Mark Sells reports, that's not the only thing that's familiar about this film

Film Review
8 Mar 2005
Bad Guy
Korean cinema is drawing some heavyweight attention from Hollywood these days. To herald the DVD release of Old Boy (review next week), Ben McCann looks at another violent Korean thriller in the Tartan Asia Extreme series

DVD Review
5 Oct 2004
Butley
It might have been directed by one of Britain's leading playwrights, Harold Pinter, but be honest - have you ever heard of Butley? Ben McCann reviews The American Film Theatre's DVD re-release of the film

DVD Review
23 Aug 2004
Basqueball
A documentary about the Basque conflict was never going to be anything but controversial, but when it's directed by Julio Medem - himself a Basque-born filmmaker - the fireworks were guaranteed to fly. Darren Arnold joins the fray

Film Review
20 Jul 2004
Before Sunset
Before Sunrise explored a chance meeting between an American traveller and a French graduate student on the romantic streets of Paris. The sequel revisits the same characters nine years on - but is the spark still there? KJ Doughton thinks so

DVD Review
25 May 2004
Black Rainbow
Despite a string of respected films, Mike Hodges has never quite managed to break through into mainstream success. Jason Woods celebrates an early film from one of the unluckiest directors in cinema

Film Review
1 Apr 2004
Beautiful Boxer
If ever there was a cinematic tale waiting to be told, it was the life story of Parinya Charoenphol, better-known as Nong Thoom, Thailand's cross-dressing kickboxer. John Gorick steps into the ring to find out more

Film Review
25 Mar 2004
Beautiful Country
Vietnam never seems to quite die out as a subject for filmmakers. This new film explores the conflict from the perspective of one of the war children left behind once the conflict was over, and John Gorick thinks it's a tale worth telling

Film Review
1 Feb 2004
Big Fish
After the debacle of Planet of the Apes, Tim Burton has returned to more familiar territory with Big Fish, the story of a man who lives his life wrapped up in fantasy and fairy tale. Sound familiar? Stuart Henderson thinks so

Film Review
26 Jan 2004
Blind Shaft
A few criminals and a coal-mine might not sound like the most promising setting for a Chinese thriller, but then, director Li Yang is anything but traditional. Bob Carroll gets down and dirty with Blind Shaft

Film Review
20 Oct 2003
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
This fascinating new documentary tells the story of one of Hitler's key secretaries, Traudl Junge - the woman who also took down the Führer's last will and testament. Elke de Wit examines a tale of the Third Reich at first hand

Film Review
7 Oct 2003
Bright Young Things
It's a story that seems tailor-made for Steven Fry - a group of delicately wasted young socialites in thirties London living on a diet of parties, personal dramas and effortless bon mots. Jon Ashton enjoys a "drug-augmented episode of Jeeves & Wooster"

Film Review
29 Sep 2003
Belleville Rendez-Vous
The graphic novel has always enjoyed a much greater reputation in France than in other countries, and now one of its foremost artists has made his first feature-length film. Andy Murray enjoys a "genuinely unusual and imaginative" animated film which shows Disney the door

Film Review
15 Sep 2003
Bad Guy
Korean cinema has never been known for its subtlety, but this violent crime drama must have had the censors quaking in their seats. It might not be easy viewing, but that doesn't mean it's not worth watching, says Bob Carroll

Film Review
22 Jul 2003
Buffalo Soldiers
Some of cinema's greatest comedies have been made about the American military, but nervous executives kept this post-Cold War satire shelved for almost two years after September 11th. Ian Haydn Smith thinks it wasn't worth the wait

DVD Review
8 Jul 2003
Boys From The Blackstuff
It was Alan Bleasdale's first major success, it went on to become one of the best-loved British TV dramas ever made, and now Boys from the Blackstuff has finally been released on DVD. Andy Murray gets reacquainted with Yosser and crew

Film Review
1 Jul 2003
Bruce Almighty
What would you do if you were God for a week? Cure poverty? End global famine? Or give your girlfriend a bigger bust-size? These are some of the questions faced by Jim Carrey in his latest film. Crissa-Jean Chappell has the answers