Your driving license has been revoked. It’s time to take a journey on public transport, but pray it’s not a nightmare like these journeys from hell…We’ve all been there: public transport. You’re stuffed into a bus, a train, a plane, and there’s a mofo who smells, and if you don’t smell one, it’s probably you. […]
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – Behemoth!
Behemoth!, 2026.Directed by Tony Gilroy. Starring Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Alexa Swinton, Kaya Ralls, Erik Griffin, Jobeth Williams, Margarita Levieva, Hank Azaria and Will Arnett.SYNOPSIS: A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (Pedro Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, […]
Through the Seventh Door: Fulci’s The Beyond Still Refuses to Make Sense, And That’s the Point
Adam Page revisits Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond…And you will face the sea of darkness, and all therein that may be explored.Two people walk down a flight of stairs in a hospital basement and come out somewhere they can’t possibly be. It’s not the hospital, or the hotel they fled. It’s not Louisiana, not Earth, not […]
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Debut
The Debut, 2026.Directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Starring Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey, Bonnie Milligan, Lillie Cooper, Colton Ryan, K. Todd Freeman, Eldar Isgandarov, Susan Blommaert, Maulik Pancholy, Jared Loftin, Megumi Nakamura, Havana Rose Liu, Patrick Fabian, Cara Buono, Jonah Diamond, Becca Suskauer, Jesse Eisenberg and Bernadette Peters.SYNOPSIS:When an unassuming housewife is unexpectedly cast in […]
The Prestige at 20: Magic, Mystery & Masterful Storytelling at its Finest
20 years on from its premiere, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige…As a filmmaker Christopher Nolan has achieved what very few directors have been able to achieve in the modern age – to become a household name. Hailing from the world of indie and arthouse cinema, Nolan ushered in a […]
Movie Review – Street Fighter (2026)
Street Fighter, 2026.Directed by Kitao Sakurai. Starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Cody Rhodes, Orville Peck, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Vidyut Jammwal, Olivier Richters, Hirooki Goto, David Dastmalchian, Eric André, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Schulz, Mel Jarnson, Rayna Vallandingham, and Alexander Volkanovski.SYNOPSIS:Street Fighters Ryu and Ken reunite when Chun-Li recruits them for the […]
8 Great Janus Films Releases of the 2020s
For 70 years, Janus Films has specialised in arthouse, indie, and world cinema releases. Here are some of their essential recent gems you may have missed…You probably know Warner, Disney, Amazon, Universal, and you sure as hell better know Cannon Films, but there’s another distributor that specialises in cultivating a more highbrow selection of movies. […]
Movie Review – Whalefall (2026)
Whalefall, 2026.Directed by Brian Duffield Starring Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, and Emily Rudd.SYNOPSIS:Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father’s remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out.As far as metaphors go, processing […]
Movie Review – Ken Russell’s The Devils
The Devils: The Director’s Cut, 1971.Directed by Ken Russell Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Michael Gothard, Georgina Hale, Christopher Logue, and Graham Armitage. SYNOPSIS: In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier is a charismatic priest whose unorthodox views on sex and religion inspire a passionate following of nuns, including the sexually […]
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ink
Ink, 2026. Directed by Danny Boyle Starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy, Jonathan Hyde, Blake Harrison, Brian Gleeson, Angus Imrie, Patrick Kennedy, Lucy Russell, and Christopher Fulford.SYNOPSIS:In 1969, as rising media tycoon acquires the daily newspaper “The Sun,” his partnership with editor Larry Lamb turns the paper into Britain’s most influential tabloid.Danny Boyle moves from […]
