There's a proper sense of adventure and the scale of the story is appropriate for a great legend. Unfortunately the sword it all revolves around looks as if it came from Poundstretcher.
As a young emperor flees the fall of Rome, he encounters a mysterious sword which will shape his destiny.
Rebecca Chaiklin and Donovan Leitch's documentary is a sobering reminder of what it feels like to be disenfranchised, young, poor and mute in what many commentators call 'a police state'.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
investigates the American way of
politics in the 2000 presidential
election.
Bogdanovich allows the scenes to play out in near silence as the brilliance of the lighting, staging, and acting leave the viewer breathless and trembling.
The coming-of-age struggle of three kids in small town Texas.
Opening as it does the day after a rigged election, this film couldn't be more timely.
As a Muslim politician and a Hindu landlord compete for power in an isolated Bangladeshi village, a stranger with a rifle pursues his own deadly agenda.
On the one hand this is a very personal tale of one family's struggle to make the best of trying circumstances, but on the other it is a stinging indictment on a political and economic structure that is stretching families to breaking point.
An examination of the impact of migrant working on Chinese family life.
Familiar situations are the order of the day. Chalk and cheese personalities are thrown together and must overcome some ordeal, which is normally an old flame.
Built upon a variety of different perspectives, Guo's politically engaged sort-of documentary is more an episodic tapestry of suggestions than anything like a coherent argument.
This film is a considerably more soul-searching affair, which like much of his output concerning himself, has its moments in terms of experimentation but also flirts with self-indulgence.
Semi-autobiographical reflections based on Němec’s imaginary dialogue with his mother and inspired by Kafka’s A Letter to his Father.
Sanders’ melancholic, low-key meditation on human relationships in many ways seems the perfect film for a typical British summer – somewhat gloomy overall but with an underlying warmth and occasional flashes of brilliance.
A group of friends start to question their lives after a 65th birthday celebration turns sour.
