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VOD film review: The Beta Test
March 13, 2022 | Mark HarrisonThis funny and neurotic “erotic thriller” remix savages Hollywood’s toxic men.Read More
UK TV review: Upload Season 2
March 11, 2022 | David FarnorSeason 2 of Greg Daniels’ playful, imaginative comedy ups the sci-fi as well as the satire.Read More
VOD film review: Night’s End
March 11, 2022 | Anton BitelThe agoraphobic and the occult collide in Jennifer Reeder’s modern psychological ghost story.Read More
VOD film review: A Banquet
March 11, 2022 | Matthew TurnerA teenage daughter has a supernatural experience and refuses to eat in Ruth Paxton’s creepy and unsettling horror debut.Read More
VOD film review: The Real Charlie Chaplin
February 19, 2022 | David FarnorCharlie Chaplin’s persona is thoughtfully unpicked in this playful, probing documentary.Read More
VOD film review: Flee
February 11, 2022 | Katherine McLaughlinThis exquisitely crafted animation based on a refugee’s tale is tense, unpredictable and profoundly moving.Read More
VOD film review: Cow
February 11, 2022 | Matthew TurnerAndrea Arnold follows the life of a British dairy cow in this mooving documentary.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Harder They Fall
November 3, 2021 | David FarnorJeymes Samuel’s thrilling, trailblazing Western is an absolute blast.Read More
VOD film review: Mouthpiece
March 12, 2021 | Bianca GarnerA compelling exploration of grief and womanhood powered by two shining performances.Read More
VOD film review: The Devil All the Time
September 19, 2020 | Luke ChannellThis sprawling, superbly performed mid-Western Gothic is relentlessly bleak, brutally violent and constantly engrossing.Read More