Author Lydia Rostant

“Stars collide, worlds divide/What a pretty piece of flesh/You are a pretty piece of flesh”  —One Inch Punch, 'Pretty Piece of Flesh' There are films that are difficult to write about. Sometimes...

Antoine Fuqua’s explosive new film should come with a health warning, such is its intense physiological impact. Joining the ranks of Steven Knight’s Locke in its depiction of psychological duress and...

"I think that the future is a series of tomorrows", "this creed is both religious and individualistic", "fear is not what it used to be. It has turned into anxiety". Believe it or not, these are not the words...

In the sun-soaked lethargy of coastal Italy, a couple find themselves grappling with life, death, and purpose. As a concept, it’s hardly new territory – auteurs of luxurious turmoil Luca Guadagnino and...

Danish director Tea Lindeburg’s film, As In Heaven, is a lush and devastating chamber piece, unpicking the dense fabric of motherhood, innocence and superstition. Based on the 1912 Danish novel A Night of...

Depicting the complex fabric of society is never an easy task. In his latest film Returning to Reims, filmmaker Jean-Gabriel Périot attempts to coalesce over 80 years of history to tell the story of...

There is a common misconception in filmmaking which presumes the director to have total and divine confidence in both their subject matter, and the various processes by which they tell the story. Ben Reed’s...

In Isla Badenoch’s The Elvermen, fish are the size of men and men are of mythical proportions. The film (which premiered on June 5, 2021 at Sheffield DocFest), was shot in a narrow window of time, between...