Overview of articles
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Wandering Alien Detective Robin
Like Sting’s sad song, an Englishman in New York it doesn’t get lonelier than an alien detective in Tokyo. Nevertheless upbeat genre mishmash.Published on: -
The Shores of an Island I Only Skirted
Emerging through the hazy light is an island. Pastoral greenery comes into view. An idyllic portrait of nature. Until we realise what we’re looking atPublished on: -
2012
The latest film by IFFR fixture Makino Takashi contains everything he saw in 2012 and that was a lot. An extremely rich universe.Published on: -
Jalan Jati (Teak Road)
Teak-cut drawings tell the story of colonial teak plantations. About DNA-sampling a tree and a historic marital bed (also teak).Published on: -
Taboor
The future: humanity is lonely and lives isolated in a strange world. In this hypnotic film, we follow a man dressed in an aluminium suit.…Published on: -
First Comes Love
Single and over 40 but wanting children. Davenport decides not to wait any longer and goes for IVF. Pregnancy, a ‘modern family’ and changPublished on: -
Les revenants
A mountain village is shocked when a number of inhabitants – who were thought to be dead – appear on their relatives’ doorsteps. Everyone tries…Published on: -
The Street of Everlasting Rain
In the second verse of The Rain Series, Klahr plays with romantic love and time perception, whilst elements from Kiss the Rain re-occur.Published on: -
Circle in the Sand
In a broken near future, vagabonds amble across a war-torn territory, rummaging, stuttering and smashing through the leftovers of Western culture.Published on: -
The Complex
The horror master of Ring leaves Hollywood and goes back to his roots. Back to Japan and the now classic J-horror which he invented. Sweet…Published on: