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Ad Astra

James Gray
2019

Jeremy Clarke - 09-09-2019

When extraterrestrial pulses threaten to destroy life on Earth, a man must travel into space to confront the suspected perpetrator: his father - now available on VoD [Read More...]

A Voluntary Year (Das Freiwillige Jahr)

Ulrich Köhler
2019

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2019

A drive to the airport turns hairy in awkward German black comedy A Voluntary Year, a brilliant tale of adolescent indecision and fatherly overbearance - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor)

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 02-07-2019

German boy wishes to become an artist, but his desire is affected by the events of WW2 and its aftermath, in possibly the best narrative piece you will see this year - now available on VoD [Read More...]

1985

Yan Ten
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 17-12-2018

Not just another colourful Christmas movie! Beautifully shot in grainy black and white, family drama explores the Aids epidemic and Christian values in Texas in the 1980s - in cinemas from Thursday, December 20th, and then on VoD on Monday, December 24th [Read More...]

Disobedience

Sebastián Lelio
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 28-11-2018

A promiscuous and rootless woman who has escaped from the strict North London Orthodox Jewish community returns following the death of her rabbi father - on Mubi on Sunday, June 5th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars

Lili Fini Zanuck
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 10-01-2018

Sex, drugs and the blues: The life of famed guitarist Eric Clapton has been plagued by a catalogue of personal tragedy, obsession, addiction and rejection. Yet he was saved by his music - in cinemas from Friday [Read More...]

Mad World (Yat Nim Mou Ming)

Wong Chun
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 20-11-2017

Mental health is no child's play: all the odds seem to be stacked against a father’s struggles to care for his bipolar adult son, in a film that's a sharp comment on Hong Kong's failure to care for its most vulnerable [Read More...]