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On paper, Atlantis has loads of potential. Set in 2025, Ukraine, one year after what is simply referred to as “the war”, we follow Sergiy...

Pig offers an experience that you can’t really prepare yourself for. After reading the synopsis and watching the trailers, it still can’t...

Very rarely do significant cultural events come along and provide the perfect collage of art, political, social, cultural and racial...

2021 has given us two ecological horror projects that cover very similar themes that were also shot under very similar circumstances. Ben...

The 60s had some of the most radically charged works in cinema. Although a lot of people attribute the 70s to being the decade that...

Rare Beasts is absolute chaos that is confrontational in its frustrations, insecurities and anxieties rattling around the head of not...

The western genre has birthed some of the greatest films ever with memorable heroes, villains, stories and settings. But, as thrilling as...

Mädchen in Uniform is a film that creates and bends its own rules. It’s a film that is not only a groundbreaking piece of queer cinema,...

Certain film titles evoke a particular response and expectation from the viewer. The Killing of Two Lovers is a title that entices with...

Ben Wheatley’s much-anticipated return to horror has been met with a lot of intrigue and excitement. As a firm believer in Wheatley’s...

Anders Thomas Jensen returns to the director’s chair six years after his absolutely bizarre piece of absurdist black comedy Men and...

Dark Days follows a close-knit homeless community who have managed to make the most of an abandoned Amtrak tunnel underneath the hustle...

Monday is Greek director Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ fourth feature-length, his follow-up to his most well-received film Suntan (2016). It...

The Oscars are over and holy shit...what a bizarre night, but also, what a wonderful night for some truly deserving winners. I got some...

This year's Oscars are unlike any that have happened before, and for good reason. It is a year filled to the brim with smaller, indie...

Gunda wants to challenge your perception of the animals that most commonly feed us. It doesn't want to be a piece of vegan propaganda...

Martin Scorsese is not just a director, he is a film historian. He eats, sleeps and breathes movies. Very few filmmakers understand and...

Japan has an incredibly rich film history, with some of the all-time greats of the craft hailing from The Land of the Rising Sun....

The Power has a set-up that signals its massive potential in being a classic horror in the making. It has tough themes and topics set...

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness is a peculiar little film. It’s both epic and highly intimate on a spiritual level, spanning over three...