Fantasia festival 2020 – Film Review – Yankee
New Yorker Skylar holes up in industrialised Quebec with her cousin Kev after a row with her father goes seriously...
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.
Film Review – The Honeymoon Phase (2020)
Tom and Eve are a financially struggling couple with big dreams. The Millennium Project is dedicated to demystifying the deterioration...
Sundance London Virtual Festival Review – Uncle Frank (2020)
It's been a while, Alan Ball. Nestled nicely into TV in recent years, it's a welcome return to the big...
Ed Film Fest At Home Review – The Traitor (2019)
Corleone. A name associated with one thing and one thing only. In The Godfather, it was the family name, taken...
Ed Film Fest At Home Review – A White, White Day (2019)
The first five minutes of Hlynur Palmason’s A White, White Day introduce a trio that will become familiar as the...
Ed Film Fest At Home Review – Saint Frances (2019)
Who would you trust to look after your children? Cinema’s nannies come in many guises, from the magical Mary Poppins...
Ed Film Fest At Home Review – Fanny Lye Deliver’d (2019)
Thomas Clay’s Fanny Lye Deliver’d was shot back in 2016 and when a film is a long time coming, it...
BFI Flare Film Festival Review – The Lawyer (2020)
The Lawyer (or Advokatas, as it was originally titled) is a potently political, interpersonal exploration of queer identity within Europe....
Film Review – Suicide Tourist (2019)
Suicide remains a very sensitive and controversial topic, even more when it's assisted suicide. Religion plays a big part in...
BFI Flare Film Festival Review – My Fiona (2019)
Selected as part of the BFI Flare Film Festival 2020 (now available online here), My Fiona is a stunning directional...
BFI Flare Film Festival – Short Film Reviews (2020)
Despite the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic preventing the 2020 BFI Flare Film Festival from running, the British Film Institute have made...
Glasgow Film Festival 2020 Review – The Other Lamb (2019)
A visually poetic film with a daring philosophy, The Other Lamb bleeds with female defiance. Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s 1985...
Short Film Review – The Game Of The Clock (2019)
The Game of the Clock is a short horror film from director Michele Olivieri and co-written by Ian Reid. The...
Review – Waves (2019 Rome Film Festival)
The first thing that will strike you about Waves is the soundtrack. Sensory music pounds through the speaks, engulfing the...