Fantasia 2024 Film Review – The Dead Thing (2024)
Sexual intensity and emotional co-dependency in a swipe-fixated society are distorted through a supernatural lens in this enthusiastic app-based horror...
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.
Fantasia 2024 Film Review – Steppenwolf (2024)
Steppenwolf is an unrelentingly violent neo-Western from Kazakhstan channels the animalistic element of Hesse's infamous counterculture novel to mirror the...
Tribeca 2024 – Film Review – Restless (2024)
A cake-baking empty nester locks horns with an anti-social party beast in this engrossing kitchen sink horror drama with layers...
Tribeca 2024 – Film Review – Beacon (2024)
Seafaring superstition feeds delusory paranoia in this horror-tinged psychothriller that both fascinates and frustrates. Intrepid sailor Emily is following the...
Film Review – I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
With an overwhelming number of positive reviews for the US public, my expectations for I Saw The TV Glow were...
Film Review – Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024)
Before watching Skywalkers: A Love Story I had very little interest in the business of heights or building skyscrapers. I...
Sundance London 2024 Review – Rob Peace (2024)
There’s a shot at the start of Rob Peace that you never forget – and that the film’s director, Chiwetel...
Sundance London 2024 Review – My Old Ass (2024)
It’s a life lesson and one that can take years to learn. Just about every teenager will have nursed a...
Sundance London 2024 Review – Kneecap (2024)
Not heard of Rich Peppiatt? This year’s Sundance London opener, Kneecap, will change that. As his Belfast-set docudrama explodes off...
The Overlook Film Festival – Film Review – Arcadian – (2024)
Immersive realism and stupendous creature design give this apocalyptic family drama an added bite. Nicolas Cage plays Paul, a pragmatic...
2024 BFI Flare Review – Unicorns (2023)
“Everybody just wants what they can’t have.” What – or, rather, who - Asian drag queen Aysha wants is sat...
2024 BFI Flare Review – Merchant Ivory (2023)
Their names are associated with period dramas – beautiful settings, elegant costumes and buttoned up emotions – yet, in fact,...
Film Review – Edge of Summer (2024)
An argument could be made that your sophomore feature could be as important as your debut. It is a way...
Film Review – Black Dog (2023)
This film is legitimately just two bros in a car having an amazing time. Black Dog follows Nathan (Jamie Flatters),...