The Golden Spurtle Review (EIFF 2025)
Oatmeal, water, and salt — humble ingredients that form the backbone of a staple Scottish breakfast: porridge. Far from being...
Film Festivals
Alongside our in-depth reviews from some of the world’s biggest film festivals, you’ll also find the latest film news, exclusive features, trailers, interviews, and everything in between. We cover festivals from across the globe, including the Glasgow Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Fantasia International Film Festival, and FrightFest, bringing you the latest from the world of cinema all year round.
DJ Ahmet Review (Sarajevo Film Festival 2025)
Rural areas, anywhere in the world, hold tight to their traditions. For some, folklore offers a rich weave of legends...
Paternal Leave Review (Sarajevo Film Festival 2025)
Leo, 15, leaves her home in Germany for a train journey to Marina Romea, Italy. There, she intends to track...
Walk With Me Review (EIFF 2025)
A single diagnosis can change every aspect of your life forever. That one moment can ripple and influence not only...
Case 137 Review (EIFF 2025)
Police accountability has become a prominent theme in police procedurals. While these ideas were explored thematically before George Floyd's death,...
Concessions Review (EIFF 2025)
The movie theatre experience is a fading art. The rise of streaming and the decline in cinema attendance post-COVID, caused...
In Transit Review (EIFF 2025)
Alex Sarrigeorgiou understands intimacy. The actress and writer is very much the backbone of In Transit and captures attachment in...
Flush Review (Fantasia 2025)
Flush - Grégory Morin's squalid restroom farce is a hilarious tour de force of turds, trauma, and cocaine catastrophes. Desperate...
The School Duel Review (Fantasia 2025)
Riddled with the exit wounds of religious indoctrination, The School Duel spits in the guilty face of American gun culture....
Noise Review (Fantasia 2025)
Noise is an imaginative sound design, and terrifying set pieces boost it into the upper tier of Korean fright flicks Ju-hee...
Lucid Review (Fantasia 2025)
Surreal and sublime, Lucid projects remnants of a fractured childhood through the kaleidoscope of '90s art, flashing rays of beauty...
Fragment Review (Fantasia 2025)
An exquisitely composed drama from South Korea, Fragment broods with guilt and anger as it sifts through the emotional wreckage...
Hold The Fort Review (Fantasia 2025)
Hold The Fort is a zingy monster flick that freshens up a genre staple with gore and gags galore. When...
The Visitor Review (KVIFF 2025)
From the outset, it’s a poem. Starting off as a well-shot home video, becoming a feeling, ending up as a...