Review – Suitable Flesh (2023)
Dedicated to filmmaker Stuart Gordon with a screenplay derived from an original, challenging prose by H.P. Lovecraft, this is a...
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.
Pigeon Shrine Halloween Frightfest Film Review – Maria (2023)
Maria is a wild sexy killer robot flick from Argentina shares extremely unlikely connections with the 1927 classic Metropolis. Maria...
Pigeon Shrine Halloween Frightfest Film Review – Superposition (2023)
Superposition is a existential doppelganger drama from Denmark that rubs salty narcissism into the septic wounds of broken trust. Creative...
Pigeon Shrine Halloween Frightfest Film Review – The Waterhouse (2023)
The Waterhouse is frustratingly clumsy chamber piece that attempts to infuse the heist gone wrong blueprint with Greek mythology and...
Film Review – Typist Artist Pirate King (2023)
When Audrey Amiss died ten years ago, her artistic talent was essentially unknown. Years spent in psychiatric hospitals meant most...
Review – Chicken Run:Dawn Of The Nugget (2023)
Sequels which live up to much-loved originals are as rare as hens’ teeth. Strangely, however, Aardman chickens boast impressive gnashers:...
Nyad Review
Whether it’s in the pool or the sea, swimming isn’t the most cinematic of sports and very few of the...
London Film Festival 2023 review – Maestro (2023)
At the end of Maestro, Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) looks at the camera crew filming an interview with him. Is...
How To Have Sex Review (2023 London Film Festival)
The meme has become a movie. You know the one – the girl cornered in a club by a drunken...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – 8 Found Dead (2023)
8 Found Dead is a dirty intergenerational war of nerves that uses timeline gymnastics and abrasive humour to deconstruct the...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – AUXILIO – The Power of Sin (2023)
Auxilio - The Power of Sin is a hallucinatory Nunsploitation movie from Argentina that harnesses the hypocrisy and misogynistic cruelty...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – The Coffee Table (2022)
The Coffee Table is a staggeringly cruel comedy from Spain traumatises the viewer by entrusting them with a heart-breaking secret...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – Keratyna (2023)
Keratyna is frequently hilarious and surprisingly subtle, this superbly acted horror satire from Spain explores the connection between incels and...
London Film Festival 2023 review – Hit Man (2023)
We’ve missed Richard Linklater. Whether he’s in throwaway comedy mode or making something more contemplative, he’s always gone his own...