Film Review

There have been many comparisons made between new Aussie horror Relic and Ari Aster's modern classic Hereditary. It's easy to see why. Both films are about a darkness that looms over multiple generations of a family. The two feature…

Tension simmers throughout Calm With Horses as nearly every interaction runs the risk of erupting into violence, every scene on the brink of exploding into blood and brutality. It’s through the looming threat of merciless beatings and even…

It’s not easy making movies so therefore it must be twice as hard remaking them. Especially when a movie is an 80 year old certified classic and the 1941 Best Picture winner to boot. Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s 1938…

"So we invent the people we love?" So asks protagonist Alexis as he tries to grapple with the tragic end of his first romance in François Ozon's (8 Women, By The Grace Of God) latest teenage coming-of-age drama, based on Aidan Chambers' YA…

It is almost a cliché to use the phrase ‘they don’t make them like this anymore’ when reviewing an adult drama with movie stars. After all, Hollywood still churns out films of this ilk. It just only happens in the run-up to awards season.…

I am a horror fan. I am a big defender of horror. It is the most denigrated genre outside of films made specifically for females. I often have to defend the heights the genre can soar to. But today I will not talk about those. Instead I…

Antonio Campos has become something of a cult auteur in recent years with his stylish thriller/horror hybrids such as Simon Killer and his production duties on the superb Martha Marcy May Marlene. Campos’ ability to capture the most macabre…

Earlier this year, Netflix released Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee’s heist flick war drama mash-up that saw four US soldiers revisit Vietnam for the first time since the war. While their quest to recover a treasure of gold bars previously presumed…

Nocturnal is a film that convinces audiences it is one type of story before pulling the rug out from under them. Beginning in a place that feels dangerous and troubling, the drama quickly shifts into something thematically rich, compelling,…

The third and final installment in the Bill and Ted series comes at a time where the relentlessly optimistic duo are seemingly needed the most. With a global pandemic bringing about yet another recession along with continuing drought,…