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
Black Rose Mansion (1969)	Cryptic and stylish	2024-07-29	Simon
Cyclo (1995)	Visually masterful	2024-05-13	Simon
La Madre Muerta (1993)	An important film for me	2024-04-04	Simon
Breaking The Waves (1996)	Traumatising	2024-03-22	Simon
The Runaway Pistol (2002)	Hyper-black	2024-01-14	Simon
The Missing Gun (2002)	Superlative cinema	2024-01-14	Simon
The Flowers of Evil (2019)	Shockingly mature Noboru Iguchi film	2024-01-02	Simon
The Assassin (2015)	Pretentious arthouse yawnfest	2023-12-28	Simon
The Idiots (1998)	Not just empty provocation	2023-12-18	Simon
Europa (1991)	...read review...	2023-12-02	Simon
Epidemic (1987)	An insight into Lars Von Trier's mind	2023-11-25	Simon
The Element of Crime (1984)	Fascinating and frustrating	2023-11-22	Simon
Millennium Mambo (2001)	A captivating documentary of a moment in time	2023-08-28	Simon
Made in Hong Kong (1997)	...read review...	2023-08-27	Simon
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000)	Not quite as topical as it once was, but still exceptional	2022-06-24	Simon
Bitter Honey (2016)	A very literary film	2022-06-15	Simon
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)	Absurd and poetic	2022-06-07	Simon
Lovers Of The Arctic Circle (1998)	Dreamlike	2022-05-12	Simon
Pain and Glory (2019)	Clearly Almodóvar's most personal film	2022-04-28	Simon
Bad Education (2004)	A film for lovers of film	2022-04-14	Simon
The Red Squirrel (1993)	One of the films that got me interested in cinema	2022-02-16	Simon
Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)	Amateurish but definitely a statement of intent	2022-02-10	Simon
Jamon Jamon (1992)	...read review...	2021-11-27	Simon
All About My Mother (1999)	Extraordinary	2021-11-03	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
Samui Song (2017)	Tries too hard to confound the audience	2021-08-15	Simon
Ley Lines (1999)	One of Miike's least plot-driven film	2021-08-12	Simon
Hana-Bi (1997)	Close to cinematic perfection	2021-08-10	Simon
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon