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In 2008 Destin Daniel Cretton made a short film called Short Term 12. Five years later he developed it into a feature of the same name, which despite being relatively unknown has garnered a huge amount of...

Debut director Dave McCary and SNL co-star Kyle Mooney have teamed up for Brigsby Bear, a videophile flick that is ripe for laughs although slightly self-congratulating. Abducted at a young age and raised...

This weekend sees the release of Darren Aronofsky’s latest movie, Mother!, a film in which the New York auteur torments his collaborative (and, to those of us not above the gossip columns, romantic) partner...

Screenwriter and, as of recently, director Taylor Sheridan has carved out a niche for himself making tense crime sagas in various American landscapes, characterised by unflinching depictions of violence, razor...

The Odyssey is a radiant and celebratory combination of scientific discovery, cinema history and family saga. It’s as beautiful above sea level as below, boasting lusciously detailed production design. The...

Frances Ha fans, listen up. A new twenty-something struggling creative is in town, and she has a lot to say. As does writer-director Jim Strouse, whose brainchild Jessica James is an absolute joy to spend time...

Sundance hit The Big Sick lands in UK cinemas on Friday. This relationship comedy is unconventional for at least two reasons. First, its tale of illness renders the leading lady (Zoe Kazan) comatose for a...

https://vimeo.com/231158508 Winner of Sundance 2016’s Special Jury Award, director Jim Cummings is back with a trio of short films created for First Look Media. Each of the shorts are shot in just one...

With the recent release of Okja on Netflix's world famous and immensely popular streaming service alongside a quite limited cinematic release, we decided to get together and have a chat about Netflix's methods...

From the synopsis, Modern Life is Rubbish could be accused of rehashing High Fidelity, yet it more than justifies its existence. It’s a wonderfully evocative period drama of the past ten(ish) years, littered...

There is a great tradition in cinema of the normally "comic" actor going "serious"; even more of a risk, however, is when a full-time standup makes the transition to acting in the first place. It can be...

Roaring down the trail blazed by the likes of Lena Dunham’s Girls, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag and Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child, Jeune Femme is the most memorable and entertaining film of the...

https://vimeo.com/216850224 What does it mean to be crazy? And what does it cost to be good? Writer/director/star Rosa Salazar's charming comedy takes a sideways look at those questions, as well as...

https://vimeo.com/193562415 With the recent onslaught of worrying executive actions from the new Trump administration (coupled with awful implications concerning freedom of press), it could be easy to...

After two disappointing years of #OscarsSoWhite the Academy have gone some way to improving the diversity of their nominations, with nods for the likes of Denzel Washington, Bradford Young and Barry...