The Origin

The Origin Review: Sensational Stoneage Horror

An evil creature stalks a paleolithic clan in truly original new horror, The Origin So, look, I hate horror films. I don’t like being scared; in fact, I’ve spent most of my life actively trying to avoid it, so I’m not the sort we’d usually put forward to review this …

White Noise Review: Disaster Movie Meets Societal Satire

Noah Baumbach adapts the ‘unfilmable’ bestseller White Noise Adapted from the award-winning satirical novel of the same name, White Noise is the latest film from Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story.) It sees him reunite with his frequent collaborators Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver for a multistranded …

Corsage Review: A Bold Reimagining of the Historical Drama

Vicky Krieps stars in Corsage, a witty take on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria Corsage is the latest film from Austrian director Marie Kreutzer, a period piece it stars Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Old) as Empress Elisabeth ‘Sisi’ Habsburg of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Whilst the real figure led …

The Eternal Daughter Review: Is Tilda Swinton Seeing Ghosts?

Acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg returns with love letter to old ghost stories, The Eternal Daughter The Eternal Daughter is the latest feature from acclaimed British filmmaker Joanna Hogg, following on from her colossal indie hits The Souvenir Part 1 & 2 in 2019. Those films were semi-autobiographical, drawing on Hogg’s …

Matilda Review: Pure Musical Magic

The record-breaking Matilda The Musical gets a sensational movie adaption A young girl with a genius intellect escapes her bullying parents to help her classmates rise up against Miss Trunchbull, the abusive headmistress of Crunchem Hall. Do I need to say more? Is there anyone who hasn’t heard of Roald …

Linoleum Review: It’s Something Fantastic

Jim Gaffigan reaches for the stars in the charming and deeply heartfelt Linoleum Sci fi, comedy, family drama, Linoleum really has it all. The “cosmically existential” debut feature from writer/director Colin West has drawn comparisons to Safety Not Guaranteed and Donnie Darko, and we can only hope it will achieve …

Winter Boy Review: French Melodrama on Grief and Growing Up

A teenage boy struggles to recover from tragedy in Christophe Honoré’s Winter Boy 17 year old Lucas is content at boarding school with his boyfriend when his world is thrown into disarray in the middle of the night. His father has been killed in a sudden accent, and he must …

Holy Spider Review: Disturbingly Good Iranian Serial Killer Chiller

In Holy Spider, a journalist tackles Iran’s dark side to investigate a serial killer known as the Spider Killer It feels particularly pertinent to be watching this film on a day when Iranian women are making headlines the world over for their protests against the misogynistic murder of one of …

Enys Men Review: Something Strange Is Going on in Cornwall

An isolated woman is haunted in Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men Enys Men is the second feature film from Cornish director Mark Jenkin. After learning his craft making documentaries and music videos, 2019’s Bafta winning drama ‘Bait’ catapulted Jenkin onto the indie main stage, making the spooky Enys Men one of …

Blonde Review – Enlightening, Beautiful and Tragic

Netflix and Director Andrew Dominik bring the story of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe to the screen in ‘Blonde’ Marilyn Monroe is one of Hollywood’s best-known actresses from its golden age and quite possibly its first official sex symbol. But what was behind the beauty and that infectious smile? Director Andrew …