A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
find out more...The haunting "Into Eternity," about the folly of storing nuclear waste for 100,000 years to make it safe for future generations, is a rare hybrid: an information-packed documentary crossed with an existential art film. In a deceptively low-key manner, Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen has beautifully crafted one of the most provocative movies of the year. - David Lewis, Rotten Tomatoes
find out more...Chris reckons: "Holed up on the dark side of the moon since the end of WW2, developing huge spaceships and skin whitening potion, now the Nazis are set to try to take over the world..... again. A camp and moderately fun (if at times slightly racist) B-movie-esque romp warning against the real-life dangers of terraforming by fascists."
find out more...Thomas Beale says: "Aki Kaurismaki returns from a 4 year break with this French comedy-drama about an old age shoe shiner who shelters an illegal immigrant, unbeknownst to his sick wife. Le Havre has a wonderful sort of charm to it, with an underlying dry wit and, frankly, lovely cinematography (no, I can’t think of another word to describe it). There’s a level of emotional distance, though, and it lacks the tension that Kaurismaki is normally find out more...
Wolves have long evoked both fear and admiration as symbols of beauty and danger. Their image has changed drastically through the centuries – from creator and helper to symbol of evil, from predator to prey, from legend to icon. Director Raimo O. Niemi (The Blow-flower Boy and the Sky Mechanic) has mainly dabbled in television, but Mystery Of The Wolf, finally released in the UK after a four-year absence, offers a glimpse at this remarkable animal, along with its complex and ever-changi find out more...
Lapland, December. An American expedition locates the original Santa Claus, buried in an ice-filled mountain. Pietari (Onni Tommila), son of reindeer hunter Rauno (Jorma Tommila), fears that the primal, original, vengeful Santa has been unloosed.
If you’re a bah-humbug type looking for an alternative to Santa Claus: The Movie or Miracle On 34th Street, this could be a holiday perennial. May be too strange for normal people, but weird kids will love it. - Kim Newman.
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