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Starve Acre review: An atmospheric folk horror
October 26, 2024 | David FarnorMatt Smith and Morfydd Clark are excellent in Daniel Kokotajlo’s understated, atmospheric, enigmatic folk horror.Read More
Red Island review: A film to get lost in
March 2, 2024 | Matthew TurnerRobin Campillo’s compelling, beautiful coming-of-age drama is a warm nostalgic film to get lost in.Read More
VOD film review: Scrapper
October 21, 2023 | David FarnorCharlotte Regan’s heartfelt, inventive debut is a warm tale of a fragmented family finding each other.Read More
VOD film review: Sick of Myself
May 26, 2023 | Jasmine ValentineDirector: Kristoffer Borgli Cast: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther Certificate: 15
It takes a certain kind of person to take butt pics after being hospitalised with a life-changing skin mutation, and Sick of Myself is the film to bring them … Read More
VOD film review: Enys Men (2022)
May 8, 2023 | Anton BitelMark Jenkin’s experimental folk horror pits an unravelling woman against an island’s topography, history and nature.Read More
VOD film review: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
March 10, 2023 | Matthew TurnerDirector: Pawo Choyning Dorji Cast: Sherab Dorji, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup Certificate: PG
Written and directed by Bhutan-born and US-educated filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji, this charming comedy-drama was nominated for the Best International Film Oscar last year. Essentially, … Read More
VOD film review: The Feast
November 21, 2022 | David FarnorThis distinctive, gruesome tale of just desserts is a wickedly timely directorial debut from Welsh filmmaker Lee Haven Jones.Read More
LFF film review: More Than Ever
October 23, 2022 | David FarnorVicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel deliver superbly moving performances in this quietly powerful drama.Read More
VOD film review: Casablanca Beats
April 30, 2022 | Matthew TurnerFiction and documentary are blurred in this engaging musical drama about hip hop students and their teacher.Read More
VOD film review: The Beta Test
March 13, 2022 | Mark HarrisonThis funny and neurotic “erotic thriller” remix savages Hollywood’s toxic men.Read More