Arthouse Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
3-Iron (2004)	How to disappear completely	2020-06-13	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
Address Unknown (2001)	Not one to watch if you want cheering up	2002-09-23	Simon
April Snow (2005)	Quiet, realistic look at pain	2007-03-17	Simon
Avalon (2001)	Unique aesthetic experience	2002-03-17	Simon
Bad Education (2004)	A film for lovers of film	2022-04-14	Simon
Bitter Honey (2016)	A very literary film	2022-06-15	Simon
Breaking The Waves (1996)	Traumatising	2024-03-22	Simon
Burning (2018)	Burning Slowly	2021-04-18	Simon
Citizen Dog (2004)	Thailand's answer to AMELIE	2005-01-12	Simon
Days of Being Wild (1990)	Beautiful but perhaps a little boring	2005-07-17	Simon
Dog Bite Dog (2006)	Refreshingly Bleak	2006-11-28	Simon
Funky Forest - The First Contact (2005)	Maybe the strangest film I've seen	2006-02-09	Simon
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)	Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch	2001-11-26	Simon
Han Gong-ju (2013)	All the more potent for being understated	2021-09-22	Simon
Happiness (2016)	Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet	2021-08-22	Simon
Jamon Jamon (1992)	...read review...	2021-11-27	Simon
Ju Dou (1990)	When I buy an animal I treat it as I wish	2021-04-03	Simon
Kekexili (Mountain Patrol) (2004)	Simple but effective cinema	2006-03-21	Simon
La Madre Muerta (1993)	An important film for me	2024-04-04	Simon
Made in Hong Kong (1997)	...read review...	2023-08-27	Simon
Millennium Mambo (2001)	A captivating documentary of a moment in time	2023-08-28	Simon
Mr. Long (2017)	Act cool and don't say anything	2021-02-21	Simon
Noriko's Dinner Table (2006)	We All Just Wanna Avoid Pain	2020-10-26	Simon
Not One Less (1999)	Manipulative but good	2013-02-09	Simon
R100 (2013)	Only in Japan	2014-10-05	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
Rave Fever (1999)	clever, multi-threaded and non-linear	2006-01-07	Simon
Red Post On Escher Street (2020)	My face isn't a crowd	2021-05-15	Simon
Sia Dai (1994)	Harrowing	2003-03-09	Simon