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Brawl In Cell Block 99 – BFI London Film Festival Review

The great Stanley Kubrick once said: “The test of a work of art is, in…

Abu – BFI London Film Festival Review

The tension between fathers and sons is always a poignant and powerful theme. Not only…

Book Review: The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti

New York Times bestselling author Kate Moretti’s previous book, The Vanishing Year, was a pacey…

Norskov Episode 1 Review: Walter Presents’ latest scandi-noir is one to keep an eye on

Reductive and cliché though it might be, crime thrillers – particularly those, such as Norskov, that also fall under the umbrella of Scandi noir – tend to fall into one of two categories when it comes to narrative pace.

Thoroughbreds – BFI London Film Festival Review

Thoroughbreds feels like a contemporary Hitchcockian thriller. Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke are affluent girls…

Wonderstruck – BFI London Film Festival Review

“We are all in the gutter. Only some of us are looking at the stars.”…

Funny Cow – BFI London Film Festival Review

Victoria Wood. Julie Walters. Sarah Millican. I can think of few female comics from “the…

The Shape of Water – BFI London Film Festival Review

Every Scooby Doo episode reveals that the terrifying monster was human after all. It’s a…

Book Review: The Beast Is An Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale

Traditional fairy tales were typically dark, unsettling and nightmare inducing stories. Take the original Brothers’…

Lucky – BFI London Film Festival Review

A tortoise walks across the screen. He’s pretty much there, but hasn’t quite made it.…

Happy End – BFI London Film Festival Review

For Michael Haneke to title a film Happy End is a surprise. Between Funny Games,…

Pickups – BFI London Film Festival Review

When Game of Thrones ended its seventh season, it was clear that Aidan Gillen was…