Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Film Review – Traumatika (2024)
Taboo-shredding possession film that weaponises deep psychological trauma to the point of fetishism. Mikey's 'Mommy' is on the turn. Her...
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.
Review – An Taibhse (The Ghost)
The highly atmospheric Irish-language ghost movie An Taibhse entombs a disturbing secret under a stratum of jump scares and dares...
Review – Lollipop (2024 Edinburgh Film Festival)
Lollipop opens with a conversation: the audience hears Molly (Posy Sterling) talking on the phone to her daughter Ava (Tegan-Mia...
Review – Armand (2024 Edinburgh Film Festival)
Sexual assault is an issue that society and institutions often fail to address seriously, with inadequate procedures in place to...
Review – Blue Sun Palace (2024 Edinburgh Film Festival)
Blue Sun Palace opens with a couple having dinner. Didi (Haipeng Xu) is eating spicy chicken with her partner Cheung...
Review – Sunlight (2024 Edinburgh Film Festival)
Nina Conti is a well-respected comedian. The British ventriloquist has toured the comedy circuits with various puppets and masks, with...
Review – Sing Sing (2024 Edinburgh Film Festival)
The American prison system is well-known for being overcrowded, violent, and not designed for rehabilitation. Prisons could be described as...
Review – The Outrun (2024 Edinburgh Film Festival)
Addiction is a chronic condition that I believe many people will experience. However, not all addictions are equal. For example,...
Fantasia 2024 Film Review – PÁRVULOS (2024)
Parvulos is a superior survival horror invigorates the pandemic apocalypse blueprint with heart-wrenching family drama, jet-black hilarity, and vicious coming-of-age...
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...
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...