Leeds International Film Festival · 2014
41 films · 14 reviews
The long wordless opening of 2001 remains one of the most beautiful sequences on film.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 1968; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick. Based on the book by Arthur C Clarke; Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Douglas Rain)
(Country: US, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Rodney Ascher, Julian Barratt, Robert Boocheck, Alejandro Brugués, Kristina Buozyte, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, Jim Hosking, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Marvin Kren, Juan Martínez Moreno, Erik Matti, Julien Maury, Robert Morgan, Chris Nash, Vincenzo Natali, Hajime Ohata, Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Dennison Ramalho, Todd Rohal, Jerome Sable, Bruno Samper, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Sôichi Umezawa; Writer: Robert Boocheck, Alejandro Brugués, Jeff Buhler, Alexandre Bustillo, David Chirchirillo, Álex de la Iglesia, Julian Gilbey, Jeremy Gillespie, Toby Harvard, Jim Hosking, Juan Martínez Moreno, Julien Maury, Nicholas Musurca, Chris Nash and others; Stars: Tristan Risk, Martina García, Béatrice Dalle, Laurence R. Harvey, Andy Nyman, Lee Majdoub, C. Ernst Harth, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Jerod Meagher, Alys Crocker, Victoria Broom, Ian Virgo, Kestrin Pantera, Alan McKenna, Iván González)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Marc Carreté; Writer: Marc Carreté, Mike Hostench; Stars: Albert Baró, Marta Belmonte, Pepo Blasco, Roser Bundó, Ramon Canals, Marina Durán, Lina Gorbaneva, Lluís Marco, Irene Montalà, Clàudia Pons, Mireia Ros, José García Ruiz, Sílvia Sabaté)
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2014; Director: Ivan Kavanagh; Writer: Ivan Kavanagh; Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Rupert Evans, Steve Oram, Hannah Hoekstra, Calum Heath, Anneke Blok, Serena Brabazon, Maura Foley, Anthony Murphy, Kelly Byrne, Sinead Watters, Carl Shaaban, Alicja Ayres)
Praised in some quarters for young writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo's virulent veracity, it's the sort of unapologetic scuzz-fest whose ultra-low budget becomes a serendipitous badge of honour.
(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: Buddy Giovinazzo; Writer: Buddy Giovinazzo; Stars: Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio, Asaph Livni, Nick Nasta, Michael Tierno, Arthur Saunders, Lori Labar, Jim Cooney, Ray Pinero, Leo Lunney, Eddie Pepitone, Martin Blank, Bob Mireau, Tom Desantis)
The film contains grotesque violence and slapstick humour in a nonetheless affectionate take on the horror genre.
(Country: Spain; Year: 1995; Director: Álex de la Iglesia; Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia; Stars: Álex Angulo, Santiago Segura, Armando de Razza, Terele Pávez, Nathalie Seseña, Maria Grazia Cucinotta )
(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Jim Van Bebber; Writer: Jim Van Bebber; Stars: Paul Harper, Jim Van Bebber, Megan Murphy, Ric Walker, Marc Pitman, Maureen Allisse, Tom Burns, Steve King, Dave Parker, Bill Stover, Carol Lee, Mark Gillespie, Tom Harris, John Bradley, Lili Hendler)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Masahiro Hosoda; Writer: Akira Toriyama, Akira Toriyama, Yûsuke Watanabe; Stars: Masako Nozawa, Laura Bailey, John Burgmeier, Chris Cason, Shigeru Chiba, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Justin Cook, Cynthia Cranz, Jason Douglas, Kara Edwards, Hiroko Emori, Toshio Furukawa, Tôru Furuya, Tesshô Genda, Kyle Hebert)
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Erik P Sharkey; Stars: Drew Struzan, Harrison Ford, Michael J Fox)
(Country: Spain/Italy/France; Year: 2004; Director: Alex de la Iglesia; Writer: Alex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarria; Stars: Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera, Luis Varela, Fernando Tejero, Kira Miro, Enrique Villen, Javier Gutierrez, Tosario Pardo, Gracia Olaya)
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: n/a; Stars: Benedict Lim, Danil Ishutin, Clinton Loomis, Pete Grenier, Tony Grenier, Edwin Leong, Jeremy Lin, Karen Loomis, Jon Robinson)
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield; Writer: Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield; Stars: Shahid Ahmad, Nigel Alderton, Nick Alexander, Chris Anderson, Mike Austin, Pete Austin, Jim Bagley, David Braben, Gary Bracey, Tom Bramwell, Geoff Brown, Martyn Brown, Simon Butler, Raffaele Cecco, Charles Cecil)
It is one of the most shattering anti-war movies ever made, a masterpiece so deeply sad and unrelenting that some may find it hard to watch.
(Country: Japan; Year: 1988; Director: Isao Takahata; Writer: Isao Takahata. based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka; Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, J Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1995; Director: Mamoru Oshii; Writer: Kazunori Itô, Masamune Shirow; Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kôichi Yamadera, Tamio Ôki, Stephen Apostolina, Steve Blum, Steve Bulen, Toni Burke, Richard Cansino, Tom Carlton, George Celik, Shigeru Chiba, Gina Connell, Richard Epcar)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Mizuho Nishikubo; Writer: Shigemichi Sugita, Shigemichi Sugita, Wendee Lee, Yoshiki Sakurai; Stars: Natalie Hoover, Masachika Ichimura, Polina Ilyushenko, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Saburô Kitajima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukie Nakama, Laura Post, Yûsuke Santamaria, Junya Taniai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Kanako Yanagihara, Kota Yokoyama, Kouta Yokoyama)
(Country: Belium, France; Year: 2014; Director: Fabrice Du Welz; Writer: Fabrice Du Welz, Vincent Tavier; Stars: Lola Dueñas, Héléna Noguerra, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Bissot, David Murgia)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Seong-hoon Kim; Writer: Seong-hoon Kim; Stars: Seon-gyun Lee, Jin-woong Jo, Man-shik Jeong)
(Country: Norway; Year: 2010; Director: Bent Hamer, Levi Henriksen; Writer: Bent Hamer; Stars: Nina Andresen Borud, Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Arianit Berisha)
It will revolt some viewers, who won't see what's funny about it at all, but others will love it.
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2014; Director: Gerard Johnstone; Writer: Gerard Johnstone; Stars: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird)
(Country: Venezuela; Year: 2013; Director: Alejandro Hidalgo; Stars: Ruddy Rodriguez, Rosmel Bustamante, Adriana Calzadilla, Gonzalo Cubero. Guillermo Garcia)
The story is sillier than any animation since Jem & The Holograms, but is perfectly crafted to mix with Daft Punk's music.
(Country: Japan/France; Year: 2003; Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Leiji Matsumoto; Writer: Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, Cédric Hervet; Stars: Romanthony)
The mood is that of an office in which at any moment, anything is possible, a little bit like in the films created here.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Mami Sunada; Stars: Hideaki Anno, John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata)
(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1986; Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy; Writer: Konstantin Lopushanskiy, Vyacheslav Rybakov, Boris Strugatskiy; Stars: Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin, Viktor Mikhaylov, Aleksandr Sabinin, Nora Gryakalova, Vera Mayorova, Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, Svetlana Smirnova, Nikolai Alkanov, Vadim Lobanov)
The Last Circus is worth a watch for the unbridled imagination on display but ultimately it falls apart as much as its main protagonist.
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2010; Director: Álex de la Iglesia; Writer: Álex de la Iglesia; Stars: Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang)
(Country: Austria; Year: 2013; Director: Norbert Pfaffenbichler; Writer: Norbert Pfaffenbichler; Stars: Boris Karloff)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1984; Director: Hayao Miyazaki; Writer: Hayao Miyazaki)
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2007; Director: Adrià García, Víctor Maldonado; Writer: Adrià García, Víctor Maldonado, Teresa Vilardell; Stars: Imanol Arias, Joe Lewis, Molly Malcolm, Robert Paterson, Natalia Rodríguez, Lloyd F. Booth Shankley, Carlos Sobera, Joshua Zamrycki)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Craig Goodwill; Writer: Christopher Bond, Jessie Gabe, Craig Goodwill, Craig Goodwill, Trevor Martin; Stars: Julian Richings, Zoie Palmer, Scott Thompson, Jon Cor, Peter DaCunha, Rob Ramsay, Barry Flatman, Alan C. Peterson, Allana Harkin, Jake Michaels, Tom Barnett, David Christo, Kayla DiVenere, Joe Delfin, Darryl Dinn)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Keishi Ohtomo; Writer: Nobuhiro Watsuki; Stars: Takeru Satô, Emi Takei, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yôsuke Eguchi, Yûsuke Iseya, Munetaka Aoki, Yû Aoi, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Tao Tsuchiya, Min Tanaka, Kazufumi Miyazawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Ken'ichi Takitô, Ryosuke Miura, Tomomi Maruyama)
Considerably more enjoyable than it ought to be.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Till Kleinert; Writer: Till Kleinert; Stars: Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Chang Hyung-Yun; Writer: Chang Hyung-Yun; Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Jung Yu-mi)
(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: James M Muro; Writer: Roy Frumkes, James M. Muro; Stars: Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, Mark Sferrazza, Jane Arakawa, Nicole Potter, Pat Ryan, Clarenze Jarmon, Bernard Perlman, Miriam Zucker, M. D'Jango Krunch, James Lorinz, Morty Storm, Sam Blasco, Bruce Torbet)
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Cezil Reed, Lydelle Jackson; Writer: Lydelle Jackson, Cezil Reed; Stars: John Halas, Alana Jackler, Lynnette Gaza, Linda Kennedy, Frank Bliss, Lynn Mastio Rice, Olivia Szego, Gordon Price, Katrin Boggan, Corrine Brush, Dan Bussanich, Shawna Carl, Mia Elliott, Travis Everett, Jason Frye)
Like rap without rhythm, Tokyo Tribes is missing something vital: plot and characters.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Shion Sono; Writer: Santa Inoue, Shion Sono; Stars: Akihiro Kitamura, Ryôhei Suzuki, Hitomi Katayama, Hiroko Yashiki, Kokone Sasaki, Shôta Sometani, Shôko Nakagawa, Riki Takeuchi, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Denden, Haruna Yabuki, Yui Ichikawa, Shunsuke Daitô, Motoki Fukami, Takuya Ishida)
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Kevin Smith; Writer: Kevin Smith; Stars: Michael Parks, Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, Johnny Depp, Harley Morenstein, Ralph Garman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Melody Depp, Ashley Greene, Douglas Banks, Matthew Shively, Zak Knutson, Bill Bennett)
Featuring a Skype interview with director Kevin Smith
(Country: Soviet Union, West Germany, Switzerland; Year: 1989; Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy; Writer: Konstantin Lopushanskiy; Stars: Viktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina Rakshina, Aleksandr Rasinsky, Iosif Ryklin, Yu. Sobolev, Vladimir Firsov)
In this fish-out-of-water comedy, mundanity is key.
(Year: 2014; Director: New Zealand, US; Writer: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement; Stars: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, Jackie van Beek, Ben Fransham, Elena Stejko, Jason Hoyte)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2014; Director: Jonas Alexander Arnby; Writer: Rasmus Birch; Stars: Lars Mikkelsen, Jakob Oftebro, Sonja Richter, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Mads Riisom, Stig Hoffmeyer, Tina Gylling Mortensen)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1987; Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga; Writer: Mary Mason, Kevin Seymour, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Hiroshi Ônogi; Stars: Masahiro Anzai, Stephen Apostolina, Arlene Banas, Steve Blum, Steve Bulen, Bryan Cranston, Christopher de Groot, Mari Devon, Dyanne DiRosario, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Richard Epcar, Jonathan Fahn, Tom Fahn, Michael Forest, Jeff Frayer)
A messy but highly enjoyable romp that takes a sideswipe at modern Spanish attitudes and the country's economic turmoil.
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2013; Director: Álex de la Iglesia; Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia; Stars: Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Carmen Maura, Gabriel Delgado, Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang, Macarena Gómez, Pepón Nieto, Secun de la Rosa, María Barranco, Jaime Ordóñez, Enrique Villén, Terele Pávez, Beatriz Urzáiz, Julián Valcárcel-Carbonell)
It takes real skill to make a film this stupid this effectively.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Lowell Dean; Writer: Bannister Bergen, Lowell Dean; Stars: Leo Fafard, Amy Matysio, Jonathan Cherry, Sarah Lind, Aidan Devine, Jesse Moss, Corinne Conley, James Whittingham, Ryland Alexander, Laura Abramsen, Graham Bell, Victor Lam, Glenn LaPointe, Cheryl Mazil, Rob Hoskins)
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