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Pink Films vol 1& 2

posted by Richard Durrance
16 Feb 2021

Alice in Borderland

posted by Dan Barnett
13 Dec 2020

Secrets in the Hot Spring

posted by Robert Frazer
24 Nov 2020

Alive

posted by Robert Frazer
31 Oct 2020

Sonic the Hedgehog

posted by Ross Locksley
09 Mar 2020

Parasite

posted by Bryony Stibbons
27 Feb 2020

Terraformars

posted by Dan Barnett
19 Sep 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Theatrical screening)

posted by Guest
07 Jun 2019

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13 May 2019

Alita Battle Angel

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07 Feb 2019

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Classic titles from a bygone age

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2014

My Ex

by Guest

Reviewed: 2012

Stray Cat Rock Collection

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2014

UKA RECOMMENDS

The Best of the Best

27 Feb 2020

Parasite

27 Apr 2012

Confessions

15 Dec 2015

Battles Without Honour and Humanity Box Set

24 Nov 2015

Kiju Yoshida: Love Plus Anarchism

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Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker, The

8/10

13 Assassins

9/10

1911: Revolution

5/10

252: Sign of Life

5/10

About Her Brother (Otouto)

7/10

6/10

9/10

9/10

9/10

8/10

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection

8/10

7/10

8/10

6/10

8/10

Animal World (theatrical screening)

7/10

Antique Bakery

7/10

Arirang

9/10

Asleep

8/10

Assassination Classroom

8/10

Assassins, The

7/10

Asura: The City of Madness

9/10

Attack on Titan: Parts 1 and 2 (Theatrical screening)

5/10

Attack on Titan: The Movie - Part 1

6/10

Attack on Titan: The Movie - Part 2: End of the World

6/10

Au revoir l'ete

8/10

Audition

9/10

Back to 1942

7/10

Bad Company (Mabudachi)

7/10

Battles Without Honour and Humanity Box Set

10/10

Be My Baby (Theatrical screening)

7/10

Behind the Camera

8/10

Birth of the Dragon

8/10

Black Society Trilogy

8/10

5/10

7/10

8/10

8/10

9/10

9/10

8/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

10/10

8/10

8/10

Dark Harbour, The (Futoko)

8/10

Dark Water

8/10

Dead or Alive Trilogy

8/10

Death Bell

5/10

Death Note (TV)

7/10

Death Notice: Ikigami

8/10

Desire to Kill

7/10

Destruction Babies

1/10

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

9/10

Dolls

9/10

Dong-ju: The Portrait of a Poet (Theatrical screening)

8/10

7/10

8/10

9/10

6/10

9/10

5/10

Farewell My Concubine

9/10

Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection

8/10

Fires on the Plain

8/10

Flowers of War, The

7/10

For Love's Sake

7/10

For Love's Sake (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Four, The

7/10

Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Gantz

7/10

Gantz: Perfect Answer

8/10

Garm Wars: The Last Druid

6/10

Genghis: The Legend of the Ten

6/10

Ghost in the Shell

7/10

Girl At My Door, A (Theatrical Review)

9/10

Godzilla (2014)

6/10

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Theatrical screening)

6/10

6/10

7/10

7/10

9/10

9/10

Happiness of the Katakuris, The

8/10

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei) 3D

7/10

Hard Day, A

8/10

Helpless (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Himizu

8/10

Himizu (Theatrical release)

10/10

HK: Forbidden Superhero

7/10

Human Condition Trilogy, The

9/10

I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)

8/10

I Wish (Kiseki)

8/10

Insect Woman, The (Nippon-Konchuki)

9/10

Instant Swamp

9/10

Judge! (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Kai (Theatrical screening)

6/10

Kick, The

4/10

Kids Return

8/10

Kiju Yoshida: Love Plus Anarchism

10/10

Kikujiro

9/10

King of Fists and Dollars

6/10

Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, The

9/10

Kirishima Thing, The (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Kite

6/10

Kumiko The Treasure Hunter

8/10

Kunoichi: Ninja Girl

3/10

Lady Snowblood / Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

9/10

Land of Hope, The (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Last Princess, The

8/10

Lesson of Evil

7/10

Let the Bullets Fly

9/10

Let the Bullets Fly (Theatrical)

8/10

8/10

9/10

7/10

8/10

Love Exposure (Blu-Ray)

7/10

Love Strikes! (Moteki)

6/10

Lowlife Love

7/10

Makeup Room

7/10

Man With Style, A - Azemichi no Dandi

7/10

Massacre Gun

8/10

Matter of Interpretation, A

8/10

Miss Granny

7/10

Missing

8/10

Moebius (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

Monster Chronicles, The: Tiktik

7/10

Mountains May Depart

9/10

My Ex

3/10

New Directors From Japan

8/10

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 1

9/10

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2

8/10

Ninja Kids!!! (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

Obon Brothers

8/10

Ode to My Father

7/10

One on One (Theatrical screening)

6/10

One Way Trip

8/10

Otakus in Love

8/10

Outlaw: Gangster VIP Collection

9/10

Over Your Dead Body

7/10

Pale Moon

9/10

Parasite

10/10

Parasyte the Movie: Part 1

8/10

Parasyte the Movie: Part 2

8/10

Phantom Detective, The (Theatrical screening)

8/10

8/10

8/10

9/10

9/10

Pokemon Detective Pikachu (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

8/10

7/10

9/10

8/10

Rebirth (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Reign of Assassins

8/10

Retaliation

7/10

Revenge: A Love Story

6/10

Rigor Mortis

7/10

Road Stained Crimson, A

8/10

Rogue Ninja

3/10

Rolling

7/10

Romance Joe

7/10

Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno

8/10

Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends

8/10

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen

8/10

Sacrifice

8/10

Sado Tempest (Arashi)

7/10

Sake-Bomb

6/10

Sake-Bomb (Theatrical screening)

6/10

Salute! Sun Yat-Sen

8/10

Sawako Decides

7/10

Scene at the Sea, A

9/10

Secrets in the Hot Spring

6/10

Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies

9/10

Serpent's Path / Eye of the Spider

8/10

Seven Samurai (60th anniversary BFI Blu-ray)

8/10

7/10

9/10

8/10

7/10

8/10

Shin Godzilla (Home Video Release)

9/10

Shin Godzilla: Theatrical Review

8/10

Shirome

7/10

Snake of June, A

9/10

Snow White Murder Case, The (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Sonic the Hedgehog

8/10

Spring in a Small Town

8/10

Story of Yonosuke

8/10

Story of Yonosuke, The

8/10

Stray Cat Rock Collection

8/10

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist

9/10

Suicide Club

8/10

Sweet Little Lies

9/10

Tag

8/10

Tag (Dual Format Release)

9/10

Tale of Iya, The

9/10

Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story, A

7/10

Taste of Money, The

7/10

Terraformars

7/10

Tetsuo: The Iron Man / Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

10/10

The Villainess

7/10

The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae)

8/10

Thermae Romae (Theatrical screening)

7/10

Thunderbolt Fantasy Eps. 1-5

8/10

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

6/10

Tokyo Fist

9/10

Tokyo Ghoul

8/10

Toshiaki Toyoda: The Early Years

8/10

Touch of Sin, A

8/10

Train to Busan (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

7/10

7/10

7/10

6/10

9/10

Unlucky Woman's Blues

6/10

Uzumasa Limelight

8/10

Veteran

8/10

Villain

7/10

Violent Prosecutor, A (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Vulgaria

8/10

We Are X

9/10

Wood Job!

8/10

Woodsman and the Rain, The

8/10

World of Kanako, The (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

Wu Xia

9/10

Yatterman

8/10

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