Forget “Summerween” – every long-time U.K. horror fan knows that FrightFest is the place to go if you’re looking for midsummer monsters and seasonal scares. This August, the beloved London-based genre film festival returns for its 26th year running for five days and nights of cinematic terror, both unseen and […]
Movies & Documentaries
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 4K (1974) – an underrated work from a legendary filmmaker
Despite a wide filmography made across six decades, there are still people who dismiss Martin Scorsese as someone who solely makes “gangster films”. It’s a shame that such incorrect statements linger as they’re easy to disprove just by watching Scorsese’s back catalogue, and one film that stands out from that […]
Dance Freak (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026)
I’m pretty sure you haven’t seen a movie like Dance Freak – I know I haven’t. Let’s rewind a little to the process of picking movies to cover for this year’s Fantasia. I tend to be ruled by my immediate gut reaction when choosing what appeals to me, and sometimes […]
The Caretaker (2025) Bittersweet, Awkward, and Quietly Unsettling
Context can be a curious thing because the circumstances in which you watch a movie can have a huge impact on how you feel about it, a case in point being Luke Tedder’s The Caretaker – now arriving on digital platforms in the USA and UK after debuting at last […]
The Boxer (1977) Rocky by quality, not by name
Director and a playwright Shuji Terayama was considered one of Japan’s most productive and provocative creative artists, yet despite the filmmaker’s acclaim he’s rarely talked about nowadays. The opportunity’s there for film fans to explore his catalogue of work, and luckily, Radiance Films have given a Blu-ray world premiere to […]
The Mortuary Assistant (2026) A Horror Game’s Logic Trapped in a Linear Film
2026 has seen one of those significant changes in horror taste that comes around every few years, but it’s not simply thematic as we’re being asked to reconsider what we know about horror narratives. The impetus for this change are the IPs that have recently been adapted from other media, […]
Attack On Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival 2026)
I think enough time has passed in pop culture for us to stop claiming one movie has utter dominion over a single plot idea or structure, a case in point being Gareth Evans’ The Raid, which isn’t unique enough for the community to claim preferential placement. The World Premiere of […]
You Are The Film (Fantasia Film Festival 2026)
Makoto Ueda is a name that may not leap off the page within the community of Japanese movie lovers, but his work certainly does as he’s the scriptwriter behind two of the most wholesome sci‑fi movies of the past five years – River (2023), and Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes […]
The Curse (2025) Energetic love letter to the ’90s Japanese Horror Boom
Long wanting to catch Kenichi Ugana’s work, it wasn’t until we caught the inimitable punk fever of last year’s The Gesouidoz (at London Fanta) that we finally caught up with the eclectic director making a name for himself on the international festival circuit. When his name popped up again for […]
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969): Richard Attenborough’s radical roots
The late 1960s were a golden age for radical, anti-authoritarian Leftist cinema, and no wonder when you look at the stature of the directors making such films: Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Glauber Rocha, Richard Attenborough. Wait – Richard Attenborough? Sir Richard Attenborough? Sir Richard Santa Claus Attenborough, Oscar darling of the […]