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Terracotta Far East Film Festival

2010

With 15 great films from the Far East showcased in London, this is a great chance to see some of the superb world cinema that rarely makes it to our shores. The 2010 Terracotta Film Festival runs between Thursday 6th and Sunday 9th May at the Prince Charles Cinema, the Slug And Lettuce and Waxy's Little Sister, opening with period road movie Little Big Soldier.

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  • Vengeance
    Review preview for Vengeance

    With Vengeance, To gives well-worn tropes of the revenge thriller some mannered tweaks, before ultimately turning them on their head.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A chef - and former killer - returns to Hong Kong to avenge the deaths of his daughter's family.
  • Phobia
    Review preview for Phobia

    A nice riff on Asian horror’s ethereal connections subtly loops the episodes together, but the simple morality tales make for an uneven whole.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    Portmanteau horror.
  • Fish Story
    Review preview for Fish Story

    Fish Story may at first seem almost aleatoric in its structure, but this punkish chronicle of hope enduring in extremis and heroism paid forward turns out to be much more than a mere shaggy dog story.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A record shop owner insists that one of the records in his store will "save the world".
  • Meat Grinder
    Review preview for Meat Grinder

    There is more to Tiwa Moeithaisong's artful horror than mere visceral sensation, as the politics of gender, family and society all find their place at the perverted feast.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A noodle soup store's recipe has a worrying 'special' ingredient.