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Tag: Violence

Judy & Punch

Mirrah Foulkes
2019

Jeremy Clarke - 16-11-2019

That's the way to do it! Puppeteers Mr Punch and his wife Judy are reimagined as residents of a 17th century town in this bold, Australian outing - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Goryeojang

Kim Ki-young
1963

Jeremy Clarke - 11-11-2019

Goryeojang is the concept of taking your elders up a mountain when they reach 70 so that they can face death – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

South Terminal (Terminal Sud)

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
2019

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2019

Neither dramatic enough nor powerful enough to hold the viewer's interest, Swiss film wallows in vagueness when it should be ramping up the tension - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Holiday

Isabella Eklöf
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 29-07-2019

As a young woman hangs out with her gangster boyfriend and his entourage on the Turkish coast, a mixture of sex and violence is never far away - English-language Danish production is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Is violence the only way out?

 

Jack Hawkins - 15-07-2019

Jack Hawkins lists five dirty films where the characters resort to shocking violence as an unexpected cathartic device, as they snap under various types of pressure [Read More...]