Review – Cryptozoo (2021 Sundance Film Festival)
Nothing to do with currency, this one. For director Dash Shaw’s latest animation, we’re in a space created specifically for...
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 – CODA (2021Sundance Film Festival)
For the uninitiated, CODA stands for Child Of Deaf Adults. More specifically, the hearing child of deaf adults. And the...
Review – Censor (2021 Sundance Film Festival)
The dawning of a new era in home entertainment began in the late 1970s with the "format war" between Betamax...
For the Sake of Vicious (2020, Arrow Video Frightfest October)
It's Halloween and knackered nurse Romina returns home to find a sex case shitstorm in her crummy apartment. In For...
BFI London Film Festival Review – The Human Voice (2020)
A glamourous one-woman show with a dark streak, The Human Voice is a masterfully crafted piece of short filmmaking. Starring—and...
Arrow FrightFest October Review – Alien on Stage (2020)
Alien On Stage is an inspirational and hilarious account of the mercurial afternoon in Leicester Square when amateur dramatics merged...
Review – Breeder (2020, Arrow FrightFest October)
In Breeder, Mia is married to a sexually aloof businessman with his fingers knuckle deep in some very unethical pies....
Review – Don’t Look Back (2020, Arrow FrightFest October )
In Don't Look Back, Caitlin Kramer is having a rough time of it even by the universally debilitating standards of...
BFI London Film Festival Review – Ammonite (2020)
Set amongst the chilly coastal landscapes of Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Ammonite is a gracefully-directed period piece of forbidden love....
Review – Held (2020, Arrow Frightfest October)
Held is a minimalist cat and mouse thriller will keep you guessing all the way until its twisted reveal. Emma...
BFI London Film Festival 2020 Review – Possessor (2020)
The Cronenberg family fingerprints are all over this one. Brandon Cronenberg’s second feature film Possessor boasts the sort of transgressive...
BFI London Film Festival, 2020 – Short Film Reviews
As part of the 64th annual London Film Festival, the BFI have collated a digital library of short films from...
BFI London film Festival 2020 – Film Review – The Intruder (2020)
Horror resides deep within everyday occurrences in this elegant genre-spanning psychodrama from Argentina. Inés splits her work life between singing...
BFI London film Festival 2020 – Film Review – Rose: A Love Story (2020)
True love is not always enough to conquer all in Jennifer Sheridan's intelligent and affecting horror film. Rose and Sam...