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Mike Leigh
UK   
21 February 2005
Mike Leigh
Vera Drake
Mike Leigh's Vera Drake is a quiet but impressive film with a standout lead performance.
by Gareth Buckell
Samira Makhmalbaf
Iran   
26 May 2004
Samira Makhmalbaf
At Five in the Afternoon
Daughter of one of Iran’s most successful directors, Samira Makhmalbaf has become an important figure in Asian cinema in her own right, being...
by Gareth Buckell
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain   
16 June 2004
Pedro Almodóvar
Bad Education
Gven that General Franco’s regime outlasted its fascist counterparts by thirty years, Spanish cinema inevitably spent the mid-twentieth...
by Gareth Buckell
EA Dupont
UK   
25 July 2004
EA Dupont
Piccadilly
One of the last British silent films, Piccadilly delves into the heart of London's entertainment industry, exposing its hypocrisies and...
by Gareth Buckell
Todd Solondz
US   
10 May 2005
Todd Solondz
Palindromes
In his fourth feature Solondz returns to his familiar style of politically incorrect and irreverent black humour. The story's set around the young...
by Gil Leung
Jeff Feuerzeig
US   
16 May 2006
Jeff Feuerzeig
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The entrancing story of a musical genius who defies the odds.
by Gil Leung
Michael Winterbottom
UK   
25 September 2004
Michael Winterbottom
Code 46
Do you need a knowledge of Roland Barthes to understand Winterbottom's latest? Henry K goes to find out...
by Henry K Miller
Michael Winterbottom
UK   
11 March 2005
Michael Winterbottom
9 Songs
Art? Porn? Art porn? Henry K Miller's not so sure if Winterbottom's newest is any of them.
by Henry K Miller
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
US   
1 June 2005
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
Sin City
Eye-catching but conventional comic book adaptation that may disappoint.
by Henry K Miller
Michaelangelo Antonioni
fiction | France/Italy/US/Spain   
23 June 2005
Michaelangelo Antonioni
The Passenger
Henry K bemoans the absence of one of Antonioni’s finest works from a season showing at London's National Film Theatre, and dissects its political importance.
by Henry K Miller
Richard Linklater
US   
25 July 2004
Richard Linklater
Before Sunset
It’s impossible to know whether one needs to have seen before Sunrise (1995) in order fully to appreciate this, its sequel, but in...
by Henry K Miller
Sophia Coppola
US   
14 January 2004
Sophia Coppola
Lost In Translation
Sophia Coppola's Lost In Translation shows that she is set to join her father as one of American cinema's most interesting filmmakers.
by James Rogan
Bill Condon
US   
28 February 2005
Bill Condon
Kinsey
Bill Condon's biopic tells the story of the man who uncovered America's sexual hypocrisies... but gets a little bogged down.
by James Rogan
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Germany   
29 March 2005
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Downfall
This gripping Second World War tragedy breaks German taboos and portrays Hitler as an all-too-human monster.
by James Rogan
Akira Kurosawa
fiction | Japan   
14 April 2005
Akira Kurosawa
Kurosawa DVDs from the BFI
The 'Bear delights in some new, lesser known works from Kurosawa.
by James Rogan
Michael Moore
US   
9 July 2004
Michael Moore
Fahrenheit 9/11
Controversial but hugely popular, Michael Moore continues his quest to expose the ills of an unjust world.
by Jimmy Billingham
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