Film Review: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
byReview by Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Sword of Vengeance is the first Lone Wolf and Cub film in a series…
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Film Review: Lady Snowblood (1973)
byA conversation between Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Synopsis: Yuki’s (Meiko Kaji) family is nearly wiped out before she is born due…
Film Review: Rock The Casbah (2012)
byReleased here mere months following Hany Abu-Assad’s masterpiece Omar – which focused on the Israeli-Palestianin conflict from the Palestinian side – comes Rock The…
Film Review: Rashomon (1950)
byA conversation between Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Synopsis: Three men – a woodcutter, a priest and a commoner – seek shelter…
Film Review: Goyokin (1969)
byGoyokin is a samurai film about honour. Opening voice-over narration explains that the title refers to a payment of gold delivered as a tax…
Film Review: The Twilight Samurai (2002)
byA conversation by Nick Alexander, Scott Halligan & Joanna Di Mattia (27/5/14) Synopsis: Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada), a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without…
Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byYojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences. By his standards it is relatively short, full of…
Film Review: Omar (2013)
by“You can’t become a freedom fighter by just watching”. Taking at its heart the Israeli/Palestine conflict, Omar focusses on its title character (Adam Bakri),…
Film Review: Ida (2013)
bySet in early 1960’s Poland, Ida tells the story of an orphaned young novitiate nun, Anna (Agata Tzrebuchowska), who just before taking her vows…
Film Review: The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
byFollowing the lives of a free-spirited couple in Belgium is The Broken Circle Breakdown, written and directed by Felix Van Groeningen and based on the play…