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Blu-ray: I Was at Home, But | reviews, news & interviews Blu-ray: I Was at Home, But... Blu-ray: I Was at Home, But... Cold comfort in this story of family grief from Berlin director Angela Schanelec by Tom BirchenoughThursday, 15 April 2021 'There are rare scenes that communicate emotion with piercing intensity' The term most often used about Berlin director Angela Schanelec’s filmmaking seems to be “elliptical”, and her latest film, I Was at Home, But..., which won the Best Director award at Berlinale 2019, is no exception. The term most often used about Ber...

Blu-ray: Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea | reviews, news & interviews Blu-ray: Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea Blu-ray: Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea Lightweight but likeable Czech time-travel romp by Graham RicksonTuesday, 02 March 2021 Jindřich Polák ’s 1963 film Ikarie XB-1 (also available from distributor Second Run) still seems fresh, a cerebral, visually arresting sci-fi which clearly influenced 2001: A Space Odyssey. Jindřich Polák ’s 1963 film Ikarie XB-1 (also available from distributor Second Run) still ...

by Tom BirchenoughTuesday, 19 January 2021 'Into the woods' will never feel the same again Catalan director Albert Serra’s interest in late 18th centuryFrance is well established – his previous film was The Death of Louis XIV – but the title of his new one has precious little to do with the triadic Catalan director Albert Serra’s interest in late 18th centuryFrance is well established – his previous film was The Death of Louis XIV – but the title of his new one has precious little to do with the triadic revolutionary slogan that swept away the French monarchy at the e...

Streaming: the restless career of Nicolas Cage While the actor turns the air blue in Netflix’s History of Swear Words, delve into his eclectic back catalogue from Moonstruck to Mandy Nicolas Cage delivers expletives with ‘lavish, regal dignity’ in History of Swear Words. Photograph: Adam Rose/Netflix Nicolas Cage delivers expletives with ‘lavish, regal dignity’ in History of Swear Words. Photograph: Adam Rose/Netflix Sat 9 Jan 2021 03.00 EST Round about the time an acquaintance of mine got a Nicolas Cage tattoo – those mournfully stretched features and wide, restless eyes eerily e...

Mysterious Object at Noon (1999) Weerasethakul’s feature-making debut is a dreamlike 16mm documentary that journeys from Bangkok’s city roads to the rich Thai countryside. The seeds for his experimental narrative style are planted immediately: a series of vignettes chart the illogical tale of a crippled boy and his teacher, as told by a succession of rural villagers who continue the unwritten tale as they see fit. Seamlessly merging black and white documentary footage with staged fiction, Mysterious Object at Noon instantaneously turns odd, as it becomes evident that the film’s storyte...