ASIA HOUSE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 ANNOUNCES ITS
7TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
27th – 31st MARCH 2015
London, UK: Wednesday 4th March 2015 – Asia House is thrilled to announce the full programme of its seventh annual Asia House Film Festival which will take place from 27 March to 31 March 2015, generously supported once again by Prudential plc. This year’s theme of New…more
Cert 15 | 89 mins | 2015
4 stars for this highly entertaining coming-of-age comedy.
Girl In Progress is written by Hiram Martinez (Four Dead Batteries) and directed by Patricia Riggen (Under the Same Moon, Lemonade Mouth).
It tells the story of a young girl Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez – The Fosters, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), who is having a hard time of it being raised by…more
Cert PG | 95 mins | 2015
5 stars for this thoroughly charming family film.
Paddington is written by Hamish McColl (Mr. Bean’s Holiday, Johnny English Reborn) and Paul King (The Mighty Boosh, Bunny and the Bull), who also directs the film.
It is based on the much loved character, Paddington Bear, from the best-selling children’s books by Michael Bond (Parsley the Lion and the Herbs).
Paddington (Ben Whishaw –…more
Cert 12 | 100 mins | 1958
5 Star Western, You Can’t Pick Your Relatives.
From those wonderful people at Eureka comes #109 in their The Masters of Cinema Series, which brings us the masterful western Man of the West from the great Director Anthony Mann (The Man from Laramie, El Cid, Winchester ’73), a man who has worked with all the greats of the 40’s right through…more
Cert 15 | 87 mins | 2015
1 star of slightly yawn-worthy and unsatisfying sci-fi film.
The Device is written and directed by Jeremy Berg (The Invoking, Trauma) and essentially wants to be a tale of alien abduction, which is a bit difficult without any of the interesting stuff. To say it was inspired by alien abduction cases may be giving it too much credit, I’m not sure…more
THE CLOSER WE GET CELEBRATES ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT HOTDOCS 2015
UK: Tuesday 17th March 2015 – Today Somewhere is proud to announce the World Premiere of The Closer We Get at HotDocs 2015. It will screen at HotDocs on Wednesday 29th April, 9pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 and on Thursday 30th April, 2pm at Scotiabank Theatre, Cinema 3.
Directed by…more
Cert 15 | 230 mins | 2015
4 stars for this strangely compelling food based anime.
Ben-To is based on a light novel of the same name written by Asaura and illustrated by Kaito Shibano.
Yō Satō is a young man just starting his first day at a new school. It is a boarding school which only serves breakfast, so cheap food is an extremely useful, if not essential, commodity.
However…more
