Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy – Blu-Ray Review
Takashi Miike’s highly provocative ‘Black Society Trilogy’ comes to Blu-Ray, featuring Shinjuku Triad Society, Ley Lines and Rainy Dog.
What Tomorrow Brings (2015) – Review
‘What Tomorrow Brings’ tells the story of the complexity and insecurity around a girls school in an Afghan village. Taking it light touch ot asks questions rather than draws conclusions.
Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy – Blu-Ray Review
Takashi Miike’s highly provocative ‘Black Society Trilogy’ comes to Blu-Ray, featuring Shinjuku Triad Society, Ley Lines and Rainy Dog.
Doc/Fest Picks – London, 22nd to 24th July
Bertha Dochouse is showing 6 of the best documentaries from the Sheffield Doc/Fest at The Curzon in Bloomsbury, London between July 22 and July 24
Home (2015) – Cheap Cuts Festival Winning Film Review
Filip Jacobson’s short documentary Home (Dom) looks at two Polish sisters who run a nursing home for old men battling with drugs, alcohol and personal problems.
Far Cry 4
Far Cry 4 is basically Far Cry 3 with a different setting and considerably more “stuff”, but it’s fun damn it, consistently fun, like, all the way through.
More Reviews
The Library Suicides (2016) – DVD Review
The Library Suicides is a Welsh-language thriller brilliantly builds suspense and intrigue and marks the emergence of a new directing talent from Wales.
Elstree 1976 (2016) – DVD Review
Elstree 1976 finds a new part of the Star Wars story to explore – the stories of the bit part and background actors whose lives were changed by their small roles in the film.
Things To Come (2016) – Blu-Ray/DVD Review
Mia Hansen-Love’s fifth feature about a philosophy professor played by Isabelle Huppert beautifully balances conflicting emotions and ideas to show the contradictions in a person.
The Pool Of London (1951) – Blu-Ray Review
Pool Of London gets a 65th anniversary restoration, with its story of an interracial relationship in post-war London still an important entry in British cinema.
New DocHouse Season – The Lives Of Others
Bertha DocHouse launch their new season ‘The Lives Of Others’ On November 4. Five incredible documentaries about people around the world.
The Clan (2015) – DVD/Blu-Ray Review
The Clan mixes black comedy with violent intensity to grippingly portray the workings of a crime family in 1980s Argentina.
Driving With Selvi (2015) – Review
The documentary Driving With Selvi tells the remarkable story of a young woman in India who find driving a taxi gives her some freedom in an oppressive society.
Summertime (2015) – DVD Review
Summertime takes light-handed approach to telling the story of two very different woman falling in love in France in the 1970s against a backdrop of social change.