Author Stephanie Watts

A concrete estate in London, a gang of teenagers roaming the streets, and…aliens from outer space? Yes, it’s the surprising sci-fi comedy Attack The Block, in which a group of inner city kids must defend...

What do you think of when you hear the name Kevin? For many, it’s Lionel Shriver’s creation of modern day demon child Kevin Khatchadourian, who commits a mass shooting at his school in the thriller novel...

Over a decade in the making, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A has arrived as an unexpectedly personal look at the life of controversial Sri-Lankan pop star M.I.A. Rather than focusing wholly on her technical method of...

Steven Soderbergh takes a pulpy turn in his latest lo-fi thriller Unsane, which follows a woman who unwittingly ends up in a psychiatric hospital, where she comes into contact with her stalker from whom...

From the opening scene, In The Aisles announces the gentle, whimsical way in which the next 125 minutes will proceed. To the soundtrack of the Blue Danube waltz, forklifts sweep graciously between the aisles...

Facing the Wind is the debut feature film from Spanish filmmaker Meritxell Colell Aparicio, featuring a cast of first-time actors to create an image of home ties and relationships through the image of...

The Shape Of Water is fairytale master Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film offering romance, fantasy horrific injury detail and weird and wonderful creatures. His practical effects in many of his films make his...

Black Panther is the first Marvel instalment of 2018, and it’s opening the year with a bang. Featuring an enormously talented cast, the film tells the story of the Black Panther T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman)...

Josh and Benny Safdie's latest and largest production, Good Time, is a dive head first into the gritty underbelly of New York, following a criminal on one night as he attempts to scrape together the money to...

This was first published on 22/09/17 as part of London Film Festival. Taking some of those slightly stalkerish tendencies that we all give into every now and then (yeah, I know every outfit you wore on your...

Seriously, who doesn’t want to learn to dance on roller skates? Luckily for all you wannabe gliders, director Kate Hickey has put together this little number that follows some of the finest roller dancers in...

Wajib follows an estranged son, Shadi, and father, Abu Shadi, who have to spend the day together delivering wedding invitations in an Israeli tradition known as 'Wajib'. The film splits most of its time...

“Who is the worst liar?” asks the judge in charge of deciding whether a father will be allowed to have custody of his son, in French director Xavier Legrand’s tense family thriller. Custody begins with a...

Taking some of those slightly stalkerish tendencies that we all give into every now and then (yeah, I know every outfit you wore on your holiday to Mallorca last month, Becky) to the extreme, Ingrid (Aubrey...

We’ve all been there – joking that if we don’t get that job, or pass that exam, we’ll have to become strippers to make ends meet. In The Full Monty, for six men of Sheffield out of a job after the...