Review – New Life (2023Pigeon Shrine FrightFest)
Surprises and shocks abound in this emotionally sophisticated horror film New Life that changes gear and genre to a devastating...
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 – Lore (2023 PIGEON SHRINE FRIGHTFEST)
Smart and stylish old-school horror anthology from the UK that offers ghosties, gore, and guffaws with excellent casting and slick...
Review – The Dive (2023 Pigeon Shrine FrightFest)
Dive is a ruthlessly tense aquatic survival picture is superbly crafted to create oceans of underwater unease. Sisters Drew and...
Fantasia Fest 2023– Film Review – Devils (2023)
Devils is a spiteful snuff movie serial killer thriller from South Korea, of course, featuring superb dual lead performances and...
Fantasia International Film Festival 2023 – Film Review – Mami Wata (2023)
A small West African community becomes emersed in a power struggle between entrenched folklore and social progression in Mami Wata....
Fantasia Fest 2023 Review – Vincent Must Die (2023)
In Vincent Must Die, Vincent is just an ordinary guy doing an ordinary job who finds himself in an...
Fantasia Fest 2023 Review – Lovely, Dark And Deep (2023)
In Lovely, Dark And Deep , troubled park ranger Lennon has just secured her dream job in the ruggedly beautiful...
Fantasia Fest 2023 – Film Review – Stay Online (2023)
Stay Online, is shot under the constant threat of missile strikes in Ukraine this astonishingly raw Screenlife drama unfolds mostly...
Sundance London 2023 Review – Going Varsity in Mariachi (2023)
When I walked into an early morning screening of Going Varsity in Mariachi as part of the 2023 edition of...
Sundance London 2023 review – Past Lives (2023)
The voices at the start of Celine Song’s delicate Past Lives don’t have faces. They could be us. They’re fascinated...
Sundance London 2023 review – Talk To Me (2022)
We’ve probably all done it. Got together with some friends to dabble in the supernatural, courtesy of a Ouija board...
Sundance London 2023 review – Passages (2023)
Warmth and beautiful observation have characterized Ira Sachs’ best films – Love Is Strange and Little Men in particular –...
Sundance London 2023 review – Fairyland (2023)
For his feature debut, director/writer Andrew Durham has taken us to somewhere we know, or at least feel we do...
The Overlook Film Festival 2023 Film Review – Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism (2023)
Based on true events this intense Australian possession picture analyses the destructive nature of religious zealotry and the horrific consequences...