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War is hell. But before Vietnam, most films wouldn’t really portray it as a complete and true vision of hell – a place where redemption...

Every time I rewatch The Thing, I think I have it figured out, knowing all the tricks it has up its sleeve as it readies itself to...

The 60s had some of the most radically charged works in cinema. Although a lot of people attribute the 70s to being the decade that...

Mädchen in Uniform is a film that creates and bends its own rules. It’s a film that is not only a groundbreaking piece of queer cinema,...

Dark Days follows a close-knit homeless community who have managed to make the most of an abandoned Amtrak tunnel underneath the hustle...

Martin Scorsese is not just a director, he is a film historian. He eats, sleeps and breathes movies. Very few filmmakers understand and...

Japan has an incredibly rich film history, with some of the all-time greats of the craft hailing from The Land of the Rising Sun....

Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue disorients you, surpassing your expectations for what an animated film can be as a vessel for themes and ideas...

The Player marked a blistering return to form for cinematic titan Robert Altman, reminding people why he was and still is one of the most...

Original Review Date: 25 November 2020 Richard Linklater has always been a filmmaker fascinated with the concept of time through an...

Original Review Date: 22 July 2020 Arthur Agee and William Gates were young inner-city kids from Chicago filled with dreams and...

Original Review Date: 11 June 2020 Seeing as it is Pride Month, I think it’s a good time to talk a little about one of my favourite...

Original Review Date: 29 May 2020 Some films have the ability to rock you to your core, embedding itself into your mind and eventually...