Repo Man
Unlike other ‘classics’ of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s cult film has aged well.
Review by Alex Fitch
Unlike other ‘classics’ of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s cult film has aged well.
Review by Alex Fitch
Cat o’ Nine Tails iis a slick thriller in the American mould, Argento keeping his own stylistic flourishes to a minimum.
Review by Alex Fitch
Suitably for a film written by Mamoru Oshii, Musashi is alternately beautiful, intriguing, enlightening, impenetrable and frustrating.
Review by Alex Fitch
On its release in 1988, Akira proved to be a ground-breaking film as it presented concepts and imagery rarely seen on the big screen in animation, or even live action.
Review by Alex Fitch
Dario Argento’s debut film is an astonishing piece of work.
Review by Alex Fitch
This is the first great thriller and first great science fiction film of 2011.
Review by Alex Fitch
Makoto Shinkai makes thoughtful, austere films that tap into contemporary concerns about humanity’s relationship with technology.
Capsule by Alex Fitch
The backdrop of a quarantined Mexico, still partially infested with aliens, is the setting for a slightly old-fashioned drama that recalls the films of Frank Capra as a gentle romance unfolds between a mismatched and slightly antagonistic couple.
Review by Alex Fitch
The second serialised TV adaptation of the manga series Full Metal Alchemist starts in media res with cyborg brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric helping the military stop a super-villain with ice powers from terrorising a city.
Review by Alex Fitch
The film starts like any charming but simplistic children’s TV show but soon turns into a surrealistic fantasy with roots in the Victorian silent era.
Review by Alex Fitch