Category: Period and historical films

↪ Blades of the Guardians review – swords to the fore in martial arts master Yuen Woo-ping’s wuxia heaven 4 months ago
↪ Zulu Dawn review – fine ensemble cast show arrogance that led to British imperial disaster 5 months ago
↪ Back to the Past review – everybody’s still gun-fu fighting in time-travel sequel 7 months ago
↪ Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight review – heartfelt child’s-eye view of last days of Rhodesia 10 months ago
↪ Amanyanabo: The Eagle King review – a lavish Nollywood epic of crowns, gods and colonial tension 11 months ago
↪ Private Footage review – found-footage study of apartheid takes the split-screen route 1 year ago
↪ Chang’an review – animated Chinese tale of poet-warriors is spectacular work of art 1 year ago
↪ Detective Chinatown 1900 review – blockbusting Chinese franchise goes back in time 2 years ago
↪ The Commander review – true story of patriotic heroism tries to avoid being political football 2 years ago
↪ True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 – review 2 years ago