‘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...
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: Daffy and Porky Finally Bring the Toons to the Big Screen
For the first time in their near hundred year history, the Looney Tunes are appearing in a fully animated theatrically released film. Porky Pig and...
Twinless Review: A Twisted Yet Delightful Dark Comedy
Roman (Dylan O’Brien) has lost his twin brother Rocky (also Dylan O’Brien, naturally). Aggravated by the reaction of his mother and of Rocky’s friends who...
A Legend in the Making: New Peter Sellers Blurays from Vintage!
Studio Canal’s Vintage label have produced beautiful bluray releases for two underseen Peter Sellers comedies; Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) and Only Two Can Play...
How a 1949 Queer Experimental Film proves that Die Hard is a Christmas film
Home Alone star Macauley Culkin recently weighed in on one of the oldest and often tedious debates in film culture: is Die Hard a Christmas...
‘The People Behind the Camera Behind the Animals’: Super Nature Review
Around the world, we see filmmakers chasing gorillas, reindeer, kangaroos, butterflies, snakes and dolphins across glorious rainforests, Arctic tundras, and scorched deserts, clutching their Super...
Jen and the LFF Critic 2025: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Die My Love & More.
Good lord, it’s that time of year again! The London Film Festival has happened and Paul saw way too many movies in a very narrow...
‘Port of Shadows’ (1938) Bluray Review: Stunning Restoration of Noir Classic
Studio Canal have lovingly restored a key film in the history of French Cinema and Film Noir. Marcel Carné’s Port of Shadows (Le Quai des...
‘Chain Reaction’ Review: The Texas Chainsaw Symposium
“It’s like something out of a dream” remarks Teri McMinn’s Pam in some of the deleted footage of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre featured prominently in...
‘Trapped’ Review: Tensions Rise in Class Skirmish Short
Class revenge is a privilege the poor can’t afford. In David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz’s tense short film, a janitor named Joaquin (Javier Molina) is working...