The film is funny, heart rending, brutally honest and extremely well made.
An old woman talks to her dog in an attempt to retain a modicum of independance in a material world that does not appreciate a child's desire to play on a swing.
The somewhat uneven performances and machine-translator dubbed dialogue add to the sense of ramshackle charm.
The eternally youthful reporter/ detective and his chums find themselves involved in a treasure hunt when Captain Haddock receives a surprise inheritance.
Any doubts that this film might just be a devotee’s wilful championing of a mediocre talent that found its natural niche are immediately banished when he sings.
Documentary about "the greatest voice you never heard".
Though the film had its moments - mostly in the deliciously playful nature of Shakespeare's dialogue - it's hard to see it matching the success of other recent adaptations of the Bard.
Modern reworking of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy.
With its combination of rather sweet teenage angst and extremely gory action scenes, the film serves its natural audience well but is unlikely to reach far beyond that.
Following an organ transplant, a shy young man becomes a half-ghoul and beins to crave human flesh.
Miyake takes a thorough approach to her subject, showing both the fan-side and the opinion of those who make money from the industry, all the while probing at the psychological drivers fuelling the craze.
Exploration of the J-pop teenage girl band phenomenon.
Considering each aspect individually, this is a picture of outstanding quality, from the strong cast to the photography and haunting soundtrack to the acute character studies.
A Tokyo salaryman loses his job and tries to conceal it from his already dysfunctional family.
Iguchi does not disappoint in this department with his entry in the Tomie series, although this is a more restrained effort than some of his earlier works.
A photography student's life takes a turn for the worse when her dead sister is welcomed back into the family home.
Monaghan is superb, creating a character whose unlikeliness doesn't detract from her believability.
A man emerges from prison with an obligation to commit murder but nothing goes quite to plan, from his unexpected emotional journey to his increasingly strange visions.
Although much of Laaksonen's work was hardcore, Karukoski doesn't seek to 'shock' audiences with outrageousness, instead gracefully zoning in on the man and his life to celebrate his both his bravery and his art.
Portrait of the Finnish artist famous for his homoerotic work.
Like a family scrapbook - Benn himself approved the final cut - what is contained here is carefully curated, chosen to represent in a certain way but thanks to Benn's unnerring conviction, is no less fascinating for that.
Two things shine out from Tyler Hubby's documentary feature debut about filmmaker/composer and general avant-garde maverick Tony Conrad - the playfulness of the man himself and, in terms of his work, his bloody-minded patience.
Documentary about groundbreaking avant-garde multimedia artist Tony Conrad, whose work in experimental film and video, music and sound art spans more than 50 years.
Sen does not flinch from showing a community plagued by misguided models of masculinity, but offsets this hopelessness with a qualified optimism for a different kind of cultural continuity.
In a remote Aboriginal community, 10-year-old Daniel aspires to be a gangster.
Between them, these diverse people do an effective job of putting across where the differences are that making fitting into mainstream society so difficult.
A group of people on the Autistic spectrum talk about their experiences of difference and of trying to get by in the mainstream world.
Heartwarming without being schmaltzy, funny and biting without being mean-spirited or slapstick and politically rousing without being the least bit po-faced.
A documentary about New Zealand's iconic yodelling lesbian comedian twin sisters, their shows and their activism.
There is a luminosity to Dalio's imagery, a beautiful use of colour, that encourages us to engage with these people and feel their joy as much as their pain.
A drama about two bipolar patients who feel their poetry is fuelled by emotional highs and lows.
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