VOD film review: Surge

This riveting, alarming race through one man’s breakdown is a remarkable showcase for Ben Whishaw.Read More

VOD film review: Cruella

The origins story of Disney’s iconic villain sadly fails to live up to its punk-era potential.Read More

Time Travel Thursday: Two Distant Strangers (2020)

A time loop forces a man to relive a deadly confrontation with a cop in this Oscar-winning short film.Read More

Bristol Old Vic theatre review: Touching the Void

Have you ever climbed a mountain? You’ll feel like it after watching Touching the Void, a monumental piece of theatre that’s so good it gives you vertigo.

The play is based on Joe Simpson’s 1988 memoir, which tells the story … Read More

VOD film review: Skull: The Mask

Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman bring bloody bedlam and an allegory of national rapine to the streets of contemporary São Paulo.Read More

Netflix review: Bo Burnham: Make Happy and what.

Bo Burnham’s 2013 and 2016 specials are a showstopping medley of smart, self-aware surprises.Read More

UK TV review: Innocent: Season 2

This well acted second season of ITV’s crime drama delivers surprising twists more than moving drama.Read More

VOD film review: Undergods

This promising directorial debut is a darkly exhilarating, uneasy anthology of bleak dystopian fairy tales.Read More

Dawn of the Dead: Looking back at Zack Snyder’s feature debut

Zack Snyder’s debut feature reimagines Romero as a visceral, amped-up apocalypse in the shadow of 9/11.Read More

VOD film review: The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet

Ana Katz’s beautiful absurdist drama deftly weaves humour and apocalyptic anxiety.Read More