There’s a reassuring familiarity that accompanies Billy Crystal’s name on a film. The warmth that goes with classics like When Harry Met Sally, the affection for the ever-enthusiastic voice he brings to Mike in the…
EIFF 2021
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Deer King (2021)
Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji’s The Deer King may not be the only animation at this year’s EIFF, but it does have the distinction of being the only anime feature. And for fans who have…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021 review – The Beta Test (2021)
It’s the latest from that most independent of independent film makers, Jim Cummings. After his portrait of a meltdown in Thunder Road and affectionate werewolf pastiche, The Wolf Of Snow Hollow, he turns his attention…
Film Review – Pig (2021)
It’s become something of a cinematic tradition, one close to a cliché. The expectation that goes with a Nicolas Cage movie, that we’ll witness yet again why “batshit crazy” can only have been invented for…
Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 Film Review – Martyrs Lane (2021)
Leah is a ten-year-old vicar’s daughter who feels strangely ostracised by her own family. Playing second fiddle to the needs of the parish and being bullied by her bolshy older sister is part and parcel…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Justice Of Bunny King (2021)
“I need you to keep fighting,” says the paramedic in the ambulance. “You’re a fighter.” She’s not wrong. She’s talking to Bunny King (Essie Davis) – homeless, with her children in foster care and what…
Watch The Unsettling Trailer For Martyrs Lane
Genre streamer Shudder have sent us the unsettling Trailer for their upcoming British ghost story chiller, Martyrs Lane. The film comes from English actress turned filmmaker Ruth Platt. The film has a deeply personal feel…
The Night House director, David Bruckner, on interpreting the film
Horror fans are in their element this week, with the arrival of two atmospheric, psychological outings – Prano Bailey-Bond’s highly praised Censor and The Night House, the latest from self-confessed horror director, David Bruckner. Released…
Film review – The Night House (2020)
This week sees the arrival of two horror films with more in common than might be apparent on the surface. Censor arrives fresh from acclaim at this year’s Sundance, both Utah and London, while The…
Watch New Clip For Nicolas Cage’s Pig
‘John Wick with a pig‘ wouldn’t be too far off the description for Nicolas Cage’s upcoming film, Pig. Like the saying from that well known British department store, this is no ordinary film, it’s a…
Watch The Deranged UK Trailer For Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibles
When it comes to oddities, you can do no wrong by looking at Quentin Dupieux‘s filmography. If you haven’t got over his killer jacket in Deerskin, things are about to slide into surreal absurdity with…
MUBI Unveil Leo Carax’s Annette UK Trailer
It was great to see Cannes Film Festival back in business and it unearthed so truly fantastic films. One of those films Leo Carax‘s musical Annette and today MUBI have released the film’s UK Trailer…
Louis Armstrong Performs In A Man Called Adam Clip
Leo Penn’s dazzling musical drama A Man Called Adam starring Sammy Davis Jr, is set for a 4K Restoration later this month. On of the many greats who star in the film was Louis Armstrong,…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021 Pigs, Musicals And Storytellers
There’s nothing better than sitting in a cinema and experiencing a new film on the big screen. In August after a 2 year wait the old film festival in the world, the Edinburgh International Film…
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