Drama
Vortex (2022)
Vortex (2022) Directed b Gasper Noe “To all those whose brains will decompose before their hearts” – a poetic title card which opens Gasper Noe’s latest film: Vortex. Anyone familiar with Noe’s previous work and […]
World Cinema
Drugs
ENTER THE VOID [2009]
FRANCE AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY from ARROW FILMS RUNNING TIME: 161 mins/ 143 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Oscar lives in Tokyo with his younger sister Linda. She’s a stripper while he supports himself […]
Drama
LUX AETERNA [2019]
FRANCE AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: 30TH MAY, from ARROW FILMS RUNNING TIME: 53 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Real-life actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is playing a witch in a film called God’s Work which is […]
HCF Reviews
EGO (2021) [Grimmfest Easter 2022 Review]
EGO (2021) Directed by Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas Screened at Grimmfest Easter 2022 Spanish language with English subtitles Paloma, a young lesbian woman, discovers another woman using her photograph on a dating app. Deciding to confront the […]
Ghost
THE PHANTOM OF THE MONASTERY [1934]
MEXICO AKA EL FANTASMA DEL CONVENTO, THE PHANTOM OF THE CONVENT AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Alfonso, Eduardo and Eduardo’s wife Cristina get lost when exploring a forest near […]
Fantasy
LA LLORONA [1933]
AKA THE CRYING WOMAN MEXICO AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY from INDICATOR RUNNING TIME: 70 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Mexico City, a man walking down a street is seemingly killed by fright after hearing […]
HCF Reviews
DREADNAUGHT [1981]
AKA YONG ZHE WU JU HONG KONG RUNNING TIME: 95 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Violent criminal White Tiger is on the run with his sick wife. […]
Comedy
KNOCKABOUT [1979]
AKA ZA JIA XIAO ZI HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 104 mins [Hong Kong Version]/ 93 mins [Export Version] Yipao and Taipao are two brothers who don’t have jobs and […]
Ghost
POST MORTEM [2020] [Grimmfest Easter 2022 Review]
HUNGARY RUNNING TIME: 118 mins SCREENING AT GRIMMFEST EASTER 2022 FESTIVAL REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In 1918, German photographer Tomás is knocked down on a battlefield by a bomb-blast but seems to be brought back […]
Fantasy
EROTIC GHOST STORY [1990]
EROTIC GHOST STORY [1990] AKA LIU JAI YIM TAAM HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Fei Fei, So So and Fa Fa are spirits who’ve been living in […]
HCF Reviews
PROJECT GEMINI (2022)
PROJECT GEMINI (2022) aka Zvyozdniy Razum Directed by Serik Beyseu Project Gemini available on digital platforms now from Ignition Earth is dying. With a disease ravaging plant life, carbon dioxide is increasing whilst oxygen is […]
Comedy
SOME LIKE IT RARE (2021) aka BARBAQUE
SOME LIKE IT RARE (2021) aka BARBAQUE Directed by Fabrice Eboué French Language with English Subtitles After decades of marriage, Sophie and Vincent Pascal’s life isn’t going how they’d planned. Not only is their marriage […]
Action
BLACK CAT [1991]
AKA HAK MAU HONG KONG RUNNING TIME: 91 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Chinese-American drifter Catherine is working at a petrol station in New York City. When she gets into a row […]
Crime
MIDNIGHT (2021)
MIDNIGHT (2021) Directed by Oh-Seung Kwon Korean Language with English Subtitles Available on Blu-Ray A deaf young woman named Kyung-mi becomes the target of a mysterious serial killer prowling the streets at night. When she […]
Comedy
ODD COUPLE [1979]
AKA BO MING DAN DAO DUO MING QIANG HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 21ST MARCH, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The King of Sabres and the King of Spears […]
Comedy
SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT (2020)
SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT (2020) Directed by Yernar Nurgaliyev Russian and Kazakh Language with English Subtitles Henpecked by his pregnant wife, Dastan decides to escape for the day and go fishing with two […]
Comedy
SKINNY TIGER AND FATTY DRAGON [1990]
AKA SAU FOO FEI LUNG AVALABLE ON BLU-RAY: 21st February, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Hong Kong RUNNING TIME: 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Womanising Baldy Tiger and fearless Fatty Dragon are a pair of detectives […]
Drama
DHOGS (2017)
DHOGS (2017) Directed by Andrés Goteira Galician language with English subtitles A woman has a fling with a stranger after one of her friends stands her up for the evening. What starts out as a […]