High-Rise
Ben Wheatley’s Ballard adaptation deliriously embraces social breakdown in a dystopian past future.
Review by Mark Stafford
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A Field in England
Ben Wheatley’s astonishing, psychedelic period piece is an original, adventurous, imaginative, compelling work.
Review by Virginie Sélavy
Kill List
Ben Wheatley’s second feature combines gritty realism and crime film, but adds a sinister cult to the mix, not entirely wisely.
Review by Virginie Sélavy
Eureka
Nicolas Roeg’s overlooked saga about the spectacular rise and fall of a gold prospector is a rich and audacious masterwork.
Review by John Bleasdale
Always (crashing)
A post-Ballardian reverie on cars and modernity.
Review by Virginie Sélavy
Aaaaaaaah!
Steve Oram’s directorial debut is a grunting comic delight.
Review by Pierre Kapitaniak
The Wicker Man: The Final Cut
Cult folk horror The Wicker Man still has the feel of a film apart, an island detached from the mainstream.
Review by Mark Stafford
The ABCs of Death
An anthology film made by 26 directors, with lo-fi naturalism next to cartoon expressionism, art house butting up against gross Animation.
Review by Mark Stafford
Down Terrace
In a genre that boasts as many forgettable flops as Michael Caine or Bob Hoskins classics, it’s refreshing to see a film that finds something original to say without relying on clichéd one-liners or stock characters.
Review by James Merchant