Imran Jaffery

Reunited with his frequent screenwriter and co-director Ka-Fai Wai the film stars Ching-wan Lau (Lost in Time) as Bun, a cop who can “see” the true selves of people; an ability that makes him the perfect investigator but doesn’t come without a psychological price, which eventually leads to his dismissal from the force. Skip five years ahead and a brutal crime brings Bun out of imposed retirement to find the truth…with devastating consequences for all involved.

Dainipponjin (Big Man Japan) takes on the quintessentially Japanese Kaiju genre (giant monster movies preferably done with men in rubber suites) and strips away all the artifice with a This is Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary... a brilliantly executed satire with a truly unique perspective on the monster movie.

Anchored by wonderful performances and confidant direction, Fine, Totally Fine is equal parts laugh-out-loud and moving – a refreshingly earnest change of pace from the cynicism in today’s cinema.

Nicolas Winding Refn, who brought us the criminal insanity of the Pusher trilogy, is moving from the drug world to the old world with his next film Valhalla Rising, currently shooting in Scotland.

Barely a guilty pleasure, Chanbara Beauty leaves your action itch unscratched and your libido unsatisfied.