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
A Scene At The Sea (1991)	A quieter, more contemplative Kitano film	2021-01-17	Simon
Fun Bar Karaoke (1997)	...read review...	2020-09-27	Simon
Vampire (2012)	Not a film about a vampire	2020-08-13	Simon
Dangerous Encounter - 1st Kind (1980)	Controversial	2020-08-02	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
The Land Of Hope (2012)	Gently urgent warning about Fukushima	2014-01-05	Simon
Stalker (1979)	Visually striking religious allegory	2012-11-30	Simon
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)	Not what I expected	2012-11-15	Simon
Himizu (2011)	It's tough to be a teenager.	2012-10-24	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon
The Drummer (2007)	More enjoyable than I'd expected.	2008-02-24	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
Isabella (2006)	Quite a change of style	2006-08-05	Simon
Dreaming Lhasa (2007)	Quite enjoyable	2012-06-07	Simon
Butterfly In Grey (2002)	Lesbians in prison	2005-03-21	Simon
Suicide Circle (2001)	Pretty intense	2003-02-21	Simon
In The Mood For Love (2000)	Not in the mood?	2005-07-20	Simon
Epidemic (1987)	An insight into Lars Von Trier's mind	2023-11-25	Simon
Samui Song (2017)	Tries too hard to confound the audience	2021-08-15	Simon
Vital (2004)	An unclassifiable enigma	2021-07-06	Simon
Before We Vanish (2017)	Interesting concept but rather sterile execution	2021-03-06	Simon
Sakuran (2007)	You love, you lose	2020-10-25	Simon
Kotoko (2011)	A journey into a very troubled mind	2012-11-22	Simon
The Moss (2008)	Overly self-indulgent	2008-11-25	Simon
Red Sorghum (1987)	Worth a watch	2006-06-06	Simon
Big Bang Love: Juvenile A (2006)	Enigmatic and thought provoking, but is it art?	2021-06-01	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Bullets of Justice (2019)	Weird in ways I never imagined a film could be weird	2020-10-21	Simon
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)	Pretentious nonsense	2020-08-22	Simon