Cert 12 | 100 mins | 2017
4 stars of lovely but surreal romance.
Tokyo Marble Chocolate is a Japanese anime OVA, based on the manga of the same name by Fumiko Tanikawa. It is directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and is a collaboration between Production I.G. (Guilty Crown, Psycho Pass) and BMG Japan, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of them both.
Tokyo Marble Chocolate consists of two episodes, Full…more
Cert 15 | 91 mins | 1987
2 star uncompromising look at 1980’s Taipei.
Daughter of the Nile is a Taiwanese film, first released in 1987 and has enjoyed a 4K restoration, courtesy of the Masters of Cinema Collection #165. It was directed by Hou Hsiao – Hsien (The Assassin, Three Times, Flight of the Red Balloon) and is presented here in the original Mandarin, with English subtitles. It…more
Cert 15 | 100 mins | 2017
4 stars for this emotional rollercoaster of a road trip.
The Olive Tree is written by Paul Laverty (I, Daniel Blake, Even the Rain) and directed by Icíar Bollaín (Take My Eyes, Mataharis). It is presented in Spanish, with English subtitles.
The film tells the story of troubled young woman, Alma (Anna Castillo – Ghost Graduation, Blog), who works on her family’s chicken…more
Cert 18 | 119 mins | 1982
4 stars of controversial early eighties horror.
The Entity was originally released in 1982 and is written and based on the best selling novel of the same name by Frank De Felitta (Audrey Rose, Scissors). The novel was based on the alleged real paranormal case of Doris Bither 1974 and the film adaptation was directed by Sidney Furie (The Ipcress File,…more
Cert 18 | 86 mins | 1988
4 star return of the classic eighties gore fest.
Brain Damage was originally released in 1988 and is written and directed by the supremely bonkers Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Frankenhooker). It is, quite magnificently, one of his weirder offerings and it certainly isn’t for the faint hearted.
“Just put me on the back of your neck and everything will be fine.”
Brian (Rick…more
Cert 15 | 92 mins | 2017
3 stars of thriller/creature feature.
Enclosure (also known as Arbor Demon) is written by Michelle Davidson (Lucky, Boss) and Patrick Rea (House Mother, Nailbiter), who also directed.
“Nails suits you. Mummy doesn’t…”
Dana (Fiona Dourif – Manhattan, Curse of Chucky), or Nails as she’s known by her husband Charles (Kevin Ryan – Laredo, Copper) is an adventurous would-be photographer. Charles is a paramedic…more
REMARKABLE FILM ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST,
DESTINATION UNKNOWN TO BE RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS 16 JUNE
“Powerful and moving”
Stephen D. Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation
“Heart breaking, Inspiring, astounding”
Claire Aguilar, Head of Programming, Sheffield Doc/Fest
“A masterful documentary”
Ron B. Meier, Executive Director of the American Society for Yad Vashem
UK, London: Wednesday 3rd May 2017 – Dartmouth Films is honoured to announce…more
