Film

Welcome to 'Voices from the Screen'. In this new section of HeadStuff’s animation coverage, our writer Joseph Learoyd will celebrate the careers of famous voice actors. Mel Blanc was born Melvin Jerome Blank in 1908 in San Francisco to…

I volunteered to write this review of Tom & Jerry for bad and cynical reasons. I had heard that it wasn't very good, and I thought it might be easy and fun to write some jokes about it. When you're a film writer who is deeply insecure…

The AmErican Dream has had a busy year. Alongside a smashing fifth iteration of Adult Swim’s The Eric Andre Show, Bad Trip marks the surrealist’s second effort for Netflix, after his arduous stand-up special Legalize Everything. For the…

A wandering man (Jamie McClean) finds refuge with a charismatic carpenter (Dmitry Vinokurov) when he stops to help him build his chapel – a “safe place for the little ones.” While initially unsure about the enterprise, the wandering man is…

This week Stephen and Andrew are joined by screenwriter, producer and filmmaker Niall Cassin to talk about the evergreen career of Bruce Greenwood. Capable of switching from cool authority figures like JFK in Thirteen Days to monstrous…

From classics like Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945) to recent indie films like Konstantin Bojanov’s Ave (2011), the trope of hitchhiking and accidental encounters have been varyingly used by filmmakers to…

In a moment of frustration, the protagonist of The Cloud In Her Room, 22-year-old Muzi (Jin Jing), takes out her frustration with her relationships by stamping on a stray plastic bottle she encounters on a Hangzhou street. This hints at the…

Critically acclaimed anime series Kimetsu No Yaiba (or Demon Slayer) follows the journey of Tanjiro Kamado, a friendly good-willed adventurer. Over the course of the first season’s 26 episodes – although more seasons and movies are on the…

Samuel Kishi’s semi-autobiographical film The Wolves (also known as Los Lobos in some territories) is an intimate portrait of an estranged family situated amid the complex reality of the global migrant crisis. After pursuing a divorce,…

Despite being released in 2021, biographical drama Judas and the Black Messiah is a film that feels like it's from the 60s or 70s. While it is set around that time, it's not just that. The film is part of a tradition that was prevalent then…