Reviews

Despite the weighty subject matter, Train Driver’s Diary doesn’t shoot for anything too profound. Rather than derailing into an ethics debate on moral culpability and manslaughter, Train Driver’s Diary...

There’s nothing wrong with ambiguity per se. In horror it can be a powerful tool with which to disarm and unsettle the audience. All we ask is that your plot makes some sense. Please. Gilles Marchand and...

Norwegian teenager Dag is a bit of a loner. He keeps himself to himself and helps his dad at work whenever he can. He’s also a firestarter, a twisted firestarter. Shunned by kids his own age and...

It all started out so simply. You travelled to LA to star in a gay porno – (just one!) – and five films and a paedophilia scandal later you’re wanted for murder. It’s hardly a glowing endorsement for...

Swiss Army Man is without a doubt an odd film, however it would be a mistake to write it off - as others have - for purely that reason. The oddest thing about it is that Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting...

Lupe Under the Sun had the potential to be promising. It examines the life of a Mexican migrant living in California, eking out a meager existence as a fruit-picker. The film could have provided a searing...

Between Us goes straight for the jugular, offering an acerbic, brutal, and insightful look at a modern-day relationship. With a strong script and two enthralling central performances, this drama is a must-see...

We've seen an increasing amount of industrial "docufilms" in recent years - Captain Phillips and Flight, to name but a couple. But the interesting thing about Horizon is that it is a glimpse into a shady...

Before it overstretches itself, A Double Life is a poignant drama anchored by great performances and an impressive debut from director Yoshiyuku Kishi. However, in an ironic example of life imitating art, A...

The name Tim Burton does not carry the same glow it once had. Brand Burton is what Hollywood wants. The sanitised "oddness" is desired, the one that allows a studio's big-budget flick to stand out in the...

Under the Shadow comes from a dark place. Firmly in the shade of the Cultural Revolution and deep into the Iran-Iraq War, the spectre of war and threat of tragedy looms large over what is, in essence, a...

The 1983 World Cup theft is the kind of larger-than-life true story that would make a great film in the hands of any director - but Caito Ortiz manages to take things to another level in Jules and Dolores,...

While there are a smattering of laughs across Prank!’s mercifully short running time, as a whole the "jokes" fall flat. On a few occasions this must be intentional - Prank! has to understand that none of...

The press notes for Alex Taylor's feature debut, Spaceship, advise you to expect a Harmony Korine film set in Surrey. Going in with an aversion to Korine's desperately controversial style of cinema therefore...

The Maltese Island of Gozo has seen a lot in the last 7000 years; the imprisonment of Odysseus by the nymph Calypso, Daenerys Targaryen’s marriage to Khal Drogo, and the foreshadowed destruction of...