Category: Film


  • Review: REAL – Drawing You In, Only To Break You

    Katie Evans reviews the directorial debut by Aki Omoshaybi.

  • Review: The Painted Bird – Moving, Brutal, But Powerful In Its Message

    Elizabeth Sorrell reviews this harrowing adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński’s novel

  • “I wanted to show people that there’s more to us” – An Interview with Aki Omoshaybi

    Katie Evans sits down with the filmmaker and long time actor to discuss his directorial debut feature.

  • This Month in Film: September 2020

    Your film editors guide you through their film picks for September.

  • Review: Koko-Di Koko-Da – Weird, Yet Addictive Swedish Horror

    Koko-Di Koko-Da, a Swedish horror directed by Johannes Nyholm, has many awards to its name and it’s not hard to see why. Last year it won Best Screenplay at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Best Picture at the Brussels International Film Festival, among others, and was nominated for World Cinema at Sundance Film Festival […]

  • Literature Vs. Adaptation: The Hobbit, ‘Monumental Disappointment and Invincible Dwarves’

    Elizabeth Sorrell adds to the series of Literature Vs. Adaptation with The Hobbit.

  • Review: Project Power – Intriguing Superhero Premise That Fails To Fly

    Does Netflix’s latest superhero flick take off? Katie Evans reviews.

  • Review: Tenet – Unique, Head-Spinning Cinematic Delight

    Is Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster a success? Jacob Hando reviews.

  • Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020) – An Inspirational Figure and a Cultural Game-Changer

    With Chadwick Boseman’s passing Theo Smith takes a look back at his profound and game-changing career.

  • Review: She Dies Tomorrow – Tedious Journey of Existentialism

    Katie Evans offers her thoughts on the

  • Franchises That Deserved Better

    Over the years we have seen many attempts at a film franchise, and while some have succeeded, many have spectacularly failed to complete the series. Here are some of the top would-be franchises that our writers felt had more potential than they were given: Percy Jackson  When someone says the words ‘failed franchise’, more often […]

  • On Edge: Anticipating Tenet

    Conor O’Hanlon looks forward to Christopher Nolan’s upcoming mind-bending espionage thriller

  • On Edge: Anticipating The New Mutants

    Jack Nash looks forward to The New Mutants, a standalone horror set in the X-men cinematic universe

  • Racism in the British Film Industry

    Just last month, multi-award-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen reflected in an opinion piece for The Guardian about the obvious and shocking racism within the British film industry. McQueen, known for his vast filmography of stunning drama films including the Academy Award-winning 12 Years a Slave (2012), being the first black director win, and the British-Irish co-production […]