“She’ll Still Take Steam!”: The Titfield Thunderbolt Bluray Review
The Ealing Comedy holds a fascinating place in British film history and cultural memory. Now, Studio Canal has released one of the studio’s lesser-seen films,...
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“She cries, but she still keeps going”: Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese on ‘Lesbian Space Princess’
Lesbian Space Princess is one of the funniest animated comedies in recent years. The film follows the adventures of lesbian space princess Saira (Shabana Azeez)...
‘Worm’ Review: Folk Horror for the Screen Age
A worm is an insidious creature. It burrows beneath the surface of the land, consuming and writhing in the dark, enriching the soil by recycling...
Vilpa Max Is A New Streaming Service For Short Films! -Alejandro Vilpa Interview
Why create a streaming service for short films? So Vilpa Max was born out of the idea that the behavior of the market is actually changing to short term formats. Every...
“Anyone’s life can be upended”: The Birthday Gift Interviews
The Birthday Party is a fascinating, award-winning short film that sees an Argentine birthday party upended by revelations about it’s characters tragic history. We had...
Hopeful Dystopia at The Barbican: ‘In Other Worlds’ Moving Image Exhibition Review
So much of our art is tied to our ending. With climate disaster a terrible reality, it’s difficult to look to the future with any...
“Two Lost Souls Destroying Themselves in the City of Lights”: Studio Canal Restores Leaving Las Vegas
StudioCanal’s 4K restoration of Mike Figgis’ Leaving Las Vegas brings gorgeous new life to a melancholy masterpiece. Based on the novel by John O’Brien, the...
“Dying is as Natural as Living”: BFI Re-releases Marilyn Monroe’s Final Film
Less than a year after the release of John Huston’s The Misfits (1961), both of its stars would be dead. Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe,...
‘Olivia’ Review: Ghosts in the Abattoir
In an intense close-up, a terrified cow ambles down the narrow steel passage that leads to its death. The animal’s distressed cries are only punctuated...
“When the lights go down and the curtains open, that’s the show”: Projectionists Andrew Walker and Jennifer Weston-Beyer on Big Screen Formats
Andrew Walker and Jennifer Weston-Beyer are projectionists at the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford, the home to the Widescreen Weekend and soon to host one of...