Wonky Remakes

When the announcement that Timothée Chalamet was going to star in a new Willy Wonka origin story popped up on … More

Film Review: Saint Maud

[Contains spoilers]TW: self-harm, body horror, blood, suicide, mental abuse, physical abuse Rose Glass’ new horror Saint Maud (2019) focuses on … More

The ‘dark’ knight returns in Matt Reeves’ The Batman

In the past year fans were both delighted and concerned that the caped-crusader would be getting the Spider-man treatment; 3 … More

Did You Miss Me?

While Honey Boy, The Farwell and Uncut Gems were all released to critical acclaim late last year, each had little … More

Some Like It Hot: Corroding the Golden Age with Erotic Capital

A lot happened in the second half of the twentieth century:  McCarthyism, the Korean War, Elvis and the Golden Age … More

Film Review: The True History of the Kelly Gang – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival

True, I do love history – I am a history student after all. And Justin Kurzel’s 19th-century story The True History … More

Film Review: Women Make Film – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival

A hundred years ago, the highest-paid film director of the 1920s, Lois Weber, was a woman. So, how come that … More

Film Review: The Turning

Floria Sigismondi’s The Turning is a ghost story that is strangely unoccupied with its own ghosts, leaving behind a fragmented, meandering … More

Film Review — Wrath of Silence – In association with the Chinese Visual Festival

It is extremely rare to find a title that captures the overall atmosphere and recurring themes of a film as accurately … More

Film Review: Resin – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival 2020

Daniel Borgman’s Resin (2019) explores the relationship between nature and society, as it centres around a family living in isolation … More