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No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman –…

Every bit as evocative as its lengthy title, No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman is a vertiginous descent into hell. Halkawt…

2 days ago

Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? – first-look…

Allen Nelson was a Black veteran who struggled his entire life to come to terms with his actions during the Vietnam…

5 days ago

Leviticus review – a tender queer horror debut

Writer/​director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut Leviticus opens with credits on an otherwise blank screen, but also with the sounds of…

1 week ago

The Dead Screen as a Mirror: Metacinema and the…

There is something distinctly meta about the films of the Trans New Wave, but not in the way we usually…

2 weeks ago

The Dog Stars review – sickly sweet Americana…

A wave of what is known uninspiringly as ​“hopecore” is sweeping through theatres. At surface level these films inspire hope,…

2 weeks ago

What can we learn from cinema’s Little Odysseys?

On screen, the alienation of these small leads is the root of this moral challenge, and Theodoros Angelopoulos’ Landscape in The…

2 weeks ago

Northbound – first-look review | Little White Lies

A rogue elder, an uptight junior, the open road and a moral life lesson idling at the finish line – it’s…

3 weeks ago

Coyote vs Acme review – one must imagine Wile E…

Even if the plot of Coyote vs Acme didn’t feel like an uncanny reflection of its own making, it would…

3 weeks ago

Meet the Festival Director: Edinburgh…

Recently, I went to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in beautiful 70 mm at the Filmhouse here in Edinburgh. I was completely blown away…

4 weeks ago

Lady review – a gloriously deranged mockumentary

It’s been ten years since Sian Clifford first graced our screens as Claire in Fleabag, and Lady reminds us exactly…

4 weeks ago