The anatomy of CSI remains hale and healthy and is, in the ninth season of the show, arguably strengthened by the loss of old characters and the introduction of new ones.
Troyanovsky also communicates the mental toll that comes with being away from the frontline, not just for those who have been in active service, like Alaska, but also parents and family.
Documentary following the friendship of two paramedics on the frontline in Ukraine.
Everything hinges on Blane's performance. Open and emotional and in-your-face as it is, there's more depth there than first meets the eye.
Resorting to babysitting for an elite Brooklyn family, an awkward young man discovers hope and self-discipline through his friendship with a lonely six-year-old, and the adult superhero Leather-Man who is conjured from a psychedelic cupcake.
Sherman - almost unrecognisable in the role - pulls off the difficult feat of showing us the man underneath all the bluster without ever apologising for him.
An angry, racist, sexually frustrated man finds himself in circumstances that lead him closer and closer to the edge.
Writer/director Richard Bracewell uses Andrew Hewitt's eerie soundtrack, darkness and dead space to produce a disjointed, slightly disturbing viewing experience.
A young woman struggles to retain her sanity as she has to cope with a cheating partner and an intrusive supervisor.
On a trip to the German Alps with her father and stepmother, Gretchen discovers that the resort town where they’re staying hides sinister secrets, as she’s plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.
After his mother is shot, a boy is sent to stay in the country with his absent father's family, where he encounters temptation and struggles to find his identity.
It is accurate to say that Watkins's Culloden is truly a seminal work, which, in many ways, changed forever the way in which documentary and historical programmes were shot.
Tale of the historic battle - emphasising the plight of the Highlanders.
Rob Preciado’s film is beautifully crafted, a real labour of love.
A feature length documentary featuring interviews with collectors, film directors and VHS enthusiasts as they take a trip down memory lane and take us through their first experiences with the medium and what it meant to them
With searing use of colour and that sense of joy in physicality that was key to the master's work, this is a film that you will find it very hard to look away from.
A detective investigates a series
of murders, trying to work out
why, despite each having the
same methodology, the
perpatrators appear to be
different.
Witchcraft is a difficult subject for today's filmmakers, not least because of the public's shifting sympathies, but Lee has found a story in which it is a perfect fit.
A mother and daughter are suspected of witchcraft by their devout rural community.
What starts out as a fairly straightforward horror thriller is enriched by Matthew Currie Holmes's fantastic dream/flashback scenes, which are a real treat for genre fans.
A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realise the urban legends surrounding the famed Buckout Road may, in fact, be real.
The sensitivity of Lee’s performance helps to draw out the ambiguities in Shelley’s work, and the moral complexities which, acknowledged or not, are a critical component of the story’s staying power.
While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.
A world away from Hollywood now, Bloom shines in the small independent films that seem to be his first choice, and this is no exception.
A retired boxer returns to the ring for one last shot at the title but only if he can make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight cut program with an unscrupulous trainer.
The complex interactions between the girls are beautifully captured.
Amy, 11 years old, meets a group of dancers called "Cuties”. Fascinated, she initiates herself to a sensual dance, hoping to join their band and escape family dysfunction...
Cut-Off is perhaps the best adaptation to date of the work of Sebastian Fitzek.
Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule buried deep in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Unfortunately, for all its strong ideas and well developed themes, Cutter's Way never quite succeeds in engaging with the viewer.
A drifter who witnesses a murder tries to forget about it, but his injured war veteran friend sees it as an opportunity to fight back against the system.
The idea of her as a lone voice is emphasised by striking cinematography, often of her riding her bike across the landscape, which has the wide-open quality of a western.
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
The film is just 77 minutes long, but packs a lot in, and you will be left full of questions.
Colourblind artist Neil Harbisson is the world's first formally recognised cyborg, with an antenna permanently implanted in his head allowing him to hear colour. He is on a mission to convince the world to adopt his credo: design yourself.
There has simply never been a better Cyrano than Peter Dinklage.
An accomplished wit who is fearful of rejection because of his physical appearance writes letters to help another man win the heart of the woman he loves in this musical version of the classic play.
The best thing about the film is Eva Habermann as the nurse.
In the early Sixties a doctor invents a machine to remove skin abnormalities. But his nurse thinks it's dangerous. The struggle between the two causes it to malfunction, creating a giant cyst monster.
The writing is so sharp and rapid-fire, and the performances so charmingly self-lacerating, that you will be happy to spend time in these characters' company.
Two best friends struggle to come to terms with sharing the perfect divorce.
All of it is so beautifully observed it is as waking from a childhood fever to demolish half a volume of Grimm before hallucinatory somnambulance washes once more over.
An introduction to the customs and rituals of the Volga-Finnic people in Northern Russia.
Perhaps most impressive of all is how the themes of ambition, friendship and life-affecting decisions are dealt with without resorting to mush or cheesy-sentiment.
A new job spells change for three friends in the Seventies.
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