Film

Cockney Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., aka Michael Caine, is a force of acting virtuosity. Featuring in 130 films over the last 69 years, he started with an uncredited role as a teaboy in the 1950 movie Morning Departure. While his late…

In Anton Chekhov’s The Bet, a young lawyer bets he can survive fifteen years of imprisonment. A banker says he can’t, and bets two million rubles. In fifteen years of solitary confinement, the lawyer reads many books and gets enlightened.…

Shuffling in hordes, dead eyed, slack-jawed, echoing a trail of grunts with every inch gained and each yard hobbled, cinephiles took pilgrimage to Cannes this past May, lining up for world cinema’s annual grand buffet. Festival favourite…

In the open moments of The Brink we see Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart shit stirrer, former Trump campaign manager and permanent boogeyman of the left reminiscing about a visit to an old Nazi death camp. It's functional design…

Annabelle Comes Home is the Captain America: Civil War of The Conjuring Universe (TCU?). It's the stake-less if very fun roller-coaster ride of a movie that's given extra heft by taking the main characters of the franchise over to one of…

Much like the mind flaying monstrosity that terrorises the residents of Hawkins, Indiana, Netflix’s flagship series, Stranger Things, is a unique beast. It’s a love letter to the horror and sci-fi stories of the past – think Stephen King…

There's a moment early on in Midsommar which sums up the vibe of writer-director Ari Aster's work. Just as college student and total bro Christian (Jack Reynor, Sing Street) reveals to his friends he is thinking of breaking up with his…

Comic Books, graphic novels; many of us like nothing more than to curl up with one after a long day and follow the adventures of our favourite superheroes. Often we look at these and we think, “That was incredible. I hope Marvel makes that…

Tuca and Bertie is a Netflix animated original series created by producer of Bojack Horseman Lisa Hanawalt. It follows best friends Tuca (Tiffany Haddish) and Bertie (Ali Wong) as they navigate the everyday trials and tribulations of being…

Earlier this month, Headstuff published its mid-year best movies of 2019 list - a blend of big superhero spectaculars, worthy Oscar winners, brilliant indies and thought-provoking docs. However, in the next six months, there's still plenty…