Film Review

Almost 17 years since his Cannes debut, Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda made his mark at this year's festival with his latest film Shoplifters. The drama went on to win the prestigious Palme d'Or and become the first Japanese film to…

Hell Fest features the perfect setting for a slasher, where monsters lurk round every corner waiting for unsuspecting victims to cross their paths. Of course, it’s all just for fun and no one is supposed to get hurt, but in Hell Fest, one…

There are a lot of film-related press releases that I ignore, because I tend to stick to horror and skip over much else. I try to venture out, but horror is where my heart is. When I received an email titled “ONLY for Serious Fans of…

Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. In Possum, Phillip (Sean Harris) struggles to destroy a puppet that keeps coming back no matter how he destroys it. In concept Possum sounds like a familiar scary story, but I can assure…

It's been over one hundred years since the last major earthquake hit the city of Oslo. And, considering it sits over one of the central epicentres for such natural disasters in Northern Europe, it would seem they're due another big one…

Like a Big Mac, it’s vaguely enjoyable, but instantly forgettable.

For the much-anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed Moonlight, Barry Jenkins is taking on the film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, a 1974 James Baldwin novel.

It seems par for the course for American actresses to take leading roles in costume dramas set in Europe - think Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma (1996) or Kirsten Dunst in Marie Antoinette (2006). Now Oscar winner Emma Stone follows suit by…

With a strong lead performance by Stenberg, The Hate U Give is poignant, significant and incredibly relevant.

Lee Chang-Dong's latest film Burning is a visually striking slow-burner of a mystery with three intriguing performances.