Frightfest 2018: Halloween (1978) Film Review
Some films are like old friends: no matter have many often you see them there are still new things to discover each time you meet. Such is the case with Halloween...
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Frightfest 2018 – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018) Film Review
The warning signs are there for all to see with Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018).
FrightFest 2018: The Ranger (2018) Film Review
Coming straight from Frightfest 2018, it's our review of director Jenn Wexler’s first feature, teen slasher throwback The Ranger
Studio 54 (2018) DVD & Limited Edition Blu-Ray
There is a famous quote which claims that if you remember the 1960s you probably weren't there. It would seem the same could be said of Studio 54, the infamous New York nightclub at the heart of a new documentary bearing the same name.…
A Christmas Gift Idea – Brought to Book!
It's that time of year again, and with the long winter nights and Christmas Day only a weekend away, how better to spend the holidays than curled up by the fire with a good book. We've picked four of our favourite recent film related tomes…
BFI LFF 2017: The Party (2017)
At one point in The Party - the new, viciously dark, comic drama written and directed by filmmaker Sally Potter, a character called April (Patricia Clarkson) tells her partner Gottfried (Bruno Ganz) to "shut up" as his "cliches are…
BFI LFF 2017: Thoroughbreds (2017)
It would probably be misleading to refer to Thoroughbreds - the debut feature by first time writer / director Cory Finley - as a horror film, at least in the generally accepted sense of the term. Having watched it however, there is no…
BFI LFF 2017: Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
There's always a danger as a critic that you will say something in praise of a piece of work simply because, a) you don't want to offend the filmmakers, and b) you don't want to stand out as the only person who 'didn't like' it. But…
BFI LFF 2017: Gray House (2017)
Is it possible to make something gray - whether it's physical or mental - interesting? The word has - over time - become synominous with describing something - or someone - bland, indecipherable or non-committal, or all three. Fortunately -…
BFI LFF 2017: Ghost Stories (2017)
Is it still possible, in this modern age of seen it all, done it all, screen horror, for a film to come along which appears both fresh and genuinely scary? It seems yes, if the new new film Ghost Stories, by writers / directors Andy Nyman…