The spectre of a missing person creates a different type of distress than death, because not knowing is a unique form of anguish. While there may be grief over the strong possibility that the missing person is dead, this grief is hard to process when the lack of certainty adds […]
Film Festival
The Pawnshop (Kinoteka 2023 Review)
The great documentarian Molly Dineen once said her preferred subject was “anything British that’s dying”. Łukasz Kowalski’s debut film The Pawnshop, presented as part of the 2023 Kinoteka festival of Polish cinema, shows that this formula works for anything Polish as well. It’s set almost entirely within the four walls […]
The Perpetrators (BFI Flare 2023) bite-sized cinematic rumination on depictions of queerness and villainy (Review)
Aberrance (SXSW 2023)(Review)
Aberrance is a Mongolian psychological thriller by director Baatar Batsukh. Erkhmee and Selenge have retreated to a holiday home deep in the wilderness, keen to escape their lives in the city. Erkhmee seems determined to provide some peace and quiet for Selenge, but this seems at odds with the increasingly […]
#ChadGetsTheAxe (Glasgow Frightfest 2023)(Review)
New Religion (Slamdance 2023) (Review)
Punk Rock Vegan Movie (Slamdance 2023)
Stars in the Ordinary Universe & The Mad Writer (Slamdance 2023)(Review)
Following Mad Cats, Starring Jerry as Himself and the Underbug, we return to Slamdance for more coverage of a film festival that celebrates new, emerging and alternative voices within the world of art, film and beyond. Thus far, I have been trying to theme my articles and failing miserably because […]
MAD CATS (2023) Review (Slamdance Film Festival)
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 announces line-up
Dario Argento, Neil Marshall, Brea Grant, Brigitte Lahaie and Mark Kermode lead the charge of the Guest Brigade Neil Marshall’s THE LAIR is the monstrous opener Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, returns to London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema from […]