Posts By Anton Bitel
Shudder UK film review: Z (2019)
May 7, 2020 | Anton BitelBrandon Christensen explores maternal agony and childhood trauma in this masterful tale of motherhood and madness.Read More
Ema review: Burns with destructive chaos
May 1, 2020 | Anton BitelPablo Larraín’s portrait of a lady on fire burns with destructive chaos and new order.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Blood Quantum
April 28, 2020 | Anton BitelJeff Barnaby’s tense, provocative zombie horror shows an indigenous community that has always been under siege.
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Calm With Horses review: An arresting Irish noir
April 27, 2020 | Anton BitelNick Rowland’s assured feature debut is an arresting Irish noir that brings new tensions to old gangland tropes.Read More
Shudder UK film review: The Reflecting Skin
April 17, 2020 | Anton BitelComing-of-age drama and American gothic collide in Philip Ridley’s striking, disturbing feature debut.Read More
VOD film review: The Host (2020)
April 17, 2020 | Anton BitelAndy Newbery’s knowingly derivative thriller reimagines Psycho as a modern, gender-switched clash of classes.Read More
VOD film review: The Iron Mask
April 10, 2020 | Anton BitelOleg Stepchenko heads even further east for the 3D CGI escapades of this action sequel
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Shudder UK film review: The House by the Cemetery
April 3, 2020 | Anton BitelLucio Fulci delivers another cruel and uncanny oddity.Read More
VOD film review: Vivarium (2019)
March 27, 2020 | Anton BitelLorcan Finnegan’s haunting domestic nightmare finds sci-fi angst at the bottom of suburban life.Read More
VOD film review: System Crasher
March 27, 2020 | Anton BitelNora Fingscheidt’s energetic, thought-provoking drama celebrates and despairs its young heroine’s path of rebellion.Read More