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
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 Flowers of Evil (2019)	Shockingly mature Noboru Iguchi film	2024-01-02	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
Bitter Honey (2016)	A very literary film	2022-06-15	Simon
Bad Education (2004)	A film for lovers of film	2022-04-14	Simon
Jamon Jamon (1992)	...read review...	2021-11-27	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
Undo (1994)	Love unravelling	2021-08-05	Simon
Red Post On Escher Street (2020)	My face isn't a crowd	2021-05-15	Simon
Burning (2018)	Burning Slowly	2021-04-18	Simon
Ju Dou (1990)	When I buy an animal I treat it as I wish	2021-04-03	Simon
Usagi Drop (2011)	Adventures in unexpected parenthood	2021-03-28	Simon
Mr. Long (2017)	Act cool and don't say anything	2021-02-21	Simon
Strange Circus (2005)	Flowers are scars	2020-10-27	Simon
Noriko's Dinner Table (2006)	We All Just Wanna Avoid Pain	2020-10-26	Simon
The Forest of Love (2019)	Cinema is life, you know	2020-08-16	Simon
3-Iron (2004)	How to disappear completely	2020-06-13	Simon
R100 (2013)	Only in Japan	2014-10-05	Simon
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)	Perhaps the strangest thing you will ever see	2013-06-10	Simon
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)	Strange beast, merits a second viewing	2013-06-09	Simon
Not One Less (1999)	Manipulative but good	2013-02-09	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
The Odd One Dies (1997)	Quirky, cool tale of damaged characters	2013-01-06	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
April Snow (2005)	Quiet, realistic look at pain	2007-03-17	Simon