Interview: Kantemir Balagov talks Beanpole

Warning: The following paragraphs contain spoilers for the opening 20 minutes of Beanpole, which contain a sequence with harrowing content.

Beanpole, the extraordinary sophomore feature of writer-director Kantemir Balagov, earned the young filmmaker the Best Director prize in Un Certain … Read More

VOD film review: Tolkien

5

Rating

The charms of Nicholas Hoult as Tolkien cannot save this all too expected journey.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre: Volume 1

7

Rating

A promising sign of things to come from the emerging Studio Ponoc.Read More

Interview: Ali Abassi on bringing Border to the screen

Winner of the Un Certain Regard award at last year’s Cannes, and an Oscar nominee for Makeup and Hairstyling, Ali Abassi’s Border arrives on MUBI UK as a landmark title (read our review here). Aside from streaming on the subscription … Read More

UK TV review: American Gods Season 2 (spoilers)

6

Rating

Taken as a whole, the second season of American Gods barely rewards the patience of the faithful.Read More

Interview: Joe Penna on Arctic, Mads Mikkelsen, polar bears and YouTube

Arctic is a survival thriller in which Mads Mikkelsen plays a man stranded in the Arctic Circle waiting for rescue, only for a helicopter that finds him to crash, killing the pilot and forcing Mikkelsen’s character to have to tend … Read More

First look review: American Gods Season 2

6.5

Rating

One of TV’s strangest shows becomes a more generic, less compelling affair, after a behind-the-scenes shake-up.Read More

VOD film review: 1985

8.5

Rating

A quiet marvel, beautifully detailed and performed.Read More

Interview: Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber on Blumhouse’s CAM and being sex-work positive

A multiple prize-winner at this year’s prestigious Fantasia Festival, the Blumhouse-produced Cam, now available on Netflix UK, is one of 2018’s most interesting horror films for numerous reasons.

First of all, the film, set in the world of webcam shows, … Read More

Interview: Samantha Robinson on Netflix’s CAM, The Love Witch, social media, and Paris, Texas

Set in the world of a specific type of sex work, Netflix’s Blumhouse-produced horror CAM offers plenty of food for thought alongside its unsettling thrills. Written by former camgirl Isa Mazzei and directed by Daniel Goldhaber, the film sees a … Read More