The second post I ever made on this blog was ‘My Top 10 Films of 2015‘ and looking back, I can’t believe how many amazing films we got last year. It’s been difficult to narrow them down for 2016 and so I’ve decided to leave out Marvel films as, even though I rated most quite…
Film Review: Shrew’s Nest (2014)
While browsing on Shudder, I came across Shrew’s Nest (2014); a Spanish horror and thriller set sometime in the 1950s. It revolves around Montse (Macarena Gómez), a highly religious and agoraphobic woman who spent her youth raising her younger sister, who is simply referred to as “the girl” (Nadia de Santiago), as their mother died during her birth…
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Review
This post contains spoilers for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. I had never watched Gilmore Girls until this year where I watched all 7 seasons, almost at once. I didn’t know it existed whilst growing up and only heard about it a few years ago. During my binge watching, I was so excited when I…
Film Review: Trash Fire (2016)
“You know how some old people are asked to stop driving? It’s not that most of them are incapable, it’s just not particularly safe for them to be on the road. I mean that just about sums up how I feel about you as a psychiatrist.“ Trash Fire, the hugely anticipated third feature length film…
Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival 2016
Last month, I had the pleasure of volunteering at Sheffield’s horror film festival Celluloid Screams. The festival takes place the weekend before Halloween every year. It shows a selection of feature length films, some of them UK premieres, as well as short films which are screened before the features. Not to mention, they have a…
Film Review: Suicide Squad (2016)
Needs editing but I’ve not had time yet (so might be mistakes, interrupted flow, etc). “We’re bad guys, it’s what we do” Harley Quinn reminds Army special forces officer Rick Flag after she smashed a shop window to steal a purse. In the long awaited and highly anticipated Suicide Squad, written and directed by David…
Joanna Lumley: “Banish Fear and Fill Your Heart with Love” | Doc/Fest 2016
Sheffield’s world leading documentary film festival, Doc/Fest, celebrates both the art and business of documentary. They offer a film programme full of exceptional international screenings, alternative realities which aid digital and interaction innovation, talks and sessions with various, talented people which help to inspire, inform and provoke thought as well as a marketplace for international business….
Film Review: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)
The most striking part of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) is its fresh and innovative animation style which parts from the boldness we are so used to seeing in Studio Ghibli’s more refined films. Director Isao Takahata, who has worked on other Ghibli films (Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko and My Neighbours…
Film Review: Ava’s Possessions
“Demons are a girl’s best friend.” Jordan Galland brings a fresh taste to the demonic possession subgenre of horror in Ava’s Possessions as he begins his film where most of the others end: the exorcism. After she is freed from her demon, Ava (Louise Krause) is facing charges for property damage, assault, indecent exposure and two counts…
Film Review: Daughters of Darkness (1971)
“I’ve seen many a night fall away into an even more endless night.” Lesbian vampire films became a phenomenon in the 70s with Belgium film director Harry Kümel’s Daughters of Darkness (1971) as no exception. Known as Les Lévres Rouges (The Red Lips) in France, the beautifully crafted film is about two lovers who cross paths with the vampire…