Films

Release date: 2019
| Country: USA, China |
Running time: 100 min
| Genres: Comedy, Drama |
Director: Lulu Wang
Starring: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo
| BBFC PG
 By Jack Weir Lulu Wang’s The Farewell stars Awkwafina as Billi, a Chinese-American woman becoming accustomed to her eastern culture after years living in

Release date: 1988
| Country: Japan | Running time: 124 min
| Genres: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
| Writers: Katsuhiro Ôtomo and
Izô Hashimoto
| BBFC 15
 By Jack Weir Akira’s cultural impact is immeasurable, creating the cyberpunk genre and single-handedly projecting anime into western culture for the first time.

Release date: 1999
| Country: USA
| Running time: 119 min | Genres: Drama | 
Director: Tony Kaye
| Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
| BBFC 15
 By Jack Weir American History X follows Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard, an ex neo-nazi, in his attempts
to stop his younger brother from going down the same

Release date: 2019
| Country: South Korea |
Running time: 132 min
| Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
| Director: Bong Joon Ho
| Starring: Kang-ho Song, 
Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jol
| BBFC 15
 By Jack Weir Boon-joon Ho’s latest masterpiece is thematically very important, exploring themes not often present in Hollywood

Release date: 2019
| Country: USA |
Running time: 135 min |
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
| Directors: Benny & Josh Safdie
| Starring: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel
| BBFC 15
 By Jack Weir The Safdie Brothers’ newest film brought me more creative inspiration than any film I’ve seen in years. The art

Release date: 2019 |
Country: UK - France - Belgium |
Running time: 101 min
|Genre(s): Drama
|Director: Ken Loach
|Starring: Debbie Honeywood, Kris Hitchen, Rhys Stone
|BBFC 15
 By Jack Weir Ken Loach’s latest tour de force is a tragic critique on “zero-hour” contracts and their devastating effects on normal,