6.9/10

Director: Dusan Makavejev

Starring: Milena Dravic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg

WR is Dr Wilhelm Reich, eulogized here in the documentary section as one who advocated orgasm as a means of releasing inhibition, includes such bizarr... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Ousmane Sembene

Starring: Thiero Leye, Seun Samb

Xala ('Impotence') is a Senegalese social comedy, filmed in the Wolof language. A rich, corrupt business executive marries for the third time for the... Read more

Director: Souleymane Cisse

Starring: Balla Moussa Keita, Issiaka Kane, Soumba Traoure

Conceivably one of the finest films to come out of Africa, this stunning adaptation of an oral legend from Mali is set amidst the powerful Mali Empire... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Aziz Mirza

Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Juhi Chawla, Kashmira Shah

Ambitious young ad executive, Rahul, will do anything to keep his boss happy - including arranging his extra-marital flings. When his boss starts dat... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Darrell Roodt

Starring: Leleti Khumalo, Kenneth Khambula, Lihle Mvelase, Harriet Lenabe, Camilla Walker

The first major feature film to be made entirely in the Zulu language, writer/director Darrell Roodt returned to his homeland to tell a truly African... Read more

8.3/10

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu, Toshiro Mifune

Kurosawa's first full-length comedy. Toshiro Mifune is the unemployed samurai warrior who comes to a small village torn apart by two warring factions... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Lasse Nielsen

A student strike at a Danish boys school is the backdrop of YOU ARE NOT ALONE. The leisurely paced tale explores the relationship between 14 year-old... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Takashi Miike

Starring: Koji Chihara, Seiji Chihara, Sarina Suzuki, Kyosuke Yabe, Moeko Ezawa, Marie Kik...

A vaguely autobiographical and sometimes violent comedy/drama from the eclectic and prolific Takashi Miike which he followed with the prequel, 'Young... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Takashi Miike

Starring: Naoto Takenaka, Saki Takaoka, Yuki Nagata, Shonusuke Shofukutei

This prequel to 'Innocent Blood' has been called by director Takashi Miike his favourite of all his many films. Set in 1969 Japan, this gritty coming... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Seijun Suzuki

Starring: Joe Shishido

Unique Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki helms this audacious wild ride into the world of 1960s Japanese Yakuza. Police detective Jo Shishido winds up... Read more