I won’t go as far as calling the internet a mistake as it has opened up dialogue, culture and opportunities that never would’ve been available otherwise. We certainly wouldn’t exist without the internet. That being said, the advent of social media has provided ample opportunity to those with the most […]
Reviews
Breeder (2020): reclaiming the torture horror? (Review)
What Lies Below (2020) An inventive, visually fresh horror finish that deserves better (Review)
Host (2020): as good on Blu-Ray as it was streaming (Review)
The Ascent (1977) The Greatest Anti-War Film You Haven’t Seen (Review)
Released on Blu-ray this week via the Criterion label comes arguably the best war, or rather anti-war film, you’ve never seen. What’s that at the back? You’ve seen Melville’s Army of Shadows already? Well that’s OK, because I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about Larisa Shepitko’s stunning 1977 Golden […]
Charade (1963) one perfect story-telling machine (Review)
The Owners (2020) A very British home invasion horror movie (Review)
Rams (2020): not quite the GOAT, but a touching shaggy sheep story (Review)
Hollywood’s voracious consumption of other countries’ IP has made it easy to identify when a film has been Americanised, but what do we expect when a film transfers from Iceland to Australia? Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 film Rams was voted the second-best Icelandic film of all time by the Icelandic website […]
Saint Maud (2019) the incredible morphing empathy of psychological seaside horror (Review)
Synchronic (2019) Some of Benson & Moorhead’s best work (Review)
Since they announced their arrival with a bang in 2012 with Resolution, Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson have been two of the more captivating talents on the independent genre circuit. They followed that up with Spring and Resolution quasi-sequel, The Endless. In 2021 (debuting in America in 2019), the director […]