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
Chungking Express (1994)	Perfect mix of pop and art	2003-06-14	Simon
Citizen Dog (2004)	Thailand's answer to AMELIE	2005-01-12	Simon
Cyclo (1995)	Visually masterful	2024-05-13	Simon
Dangerous Encounter - 1st Kind (1980)	Controversial	2020-08-02	Simon
Days of Being Wild (1990)	Beautiful but perhaps a little boring	2005-07-17	Simon
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)	Absurd and poetic	2022-06-07	Simon
Dog Bite Dog (2006)	Refreshingly Bleak	2006-11-28	Simon
Dreaming Lhasa (2007)	Quite enjoyable	2012-06-07	Simon
Epidemic (1987)	An insight into Lars Von Trier's mind	2023-11-25	Simon
Eureka (2000)	Too long	2002-07-21	Simon
Europa (1991)	...read review...	2023-12-02	Simon
Face (Kao) (2000)	fascinating and unpredictable	2006-09-28	Simon
Fallen Angels (1995)	Love it or hate it, but be sure to see it	2005-07-16	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)	Super stylish and metaphorically rich	2021-06-22	Simon
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1972)	A genuine classic	2021-06-19	Simon
Fish Story (2009)	Can music save the world?	2013-05-03	Simon
Fun Bar Karaoke (1997)	...read review...	2020-09-27	Simon
Funky Forest - The First Contact (2005)	Maybe the strangest film I've seen	2006-02-09	Simon
Getting Any? (1994)	Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master	2003-04-19	Simon
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)	Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch	2001-11-26	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
Gozu (2003)	Wonderful creativity	2004-06-05	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	Simon
Han Gong-ju (2013)	All the more potent for being understated	2021-09-22	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Hana-Bi (1997)	Close to cinematic perfection	2021-08-10	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Hanging Garden (2005)	Complex and rich, defying easy description or summary	2006-02-09	Simon
Happiness (2016)	Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet	2021-08-22	Simon