Incoming: The Dartmoor Killing
Susan and Becky’s plans for a quiet weekend on Dartmoor are de-railed by the psychological and sexual mind games of a charming stranger, Chris. Shocking secrets, recent and deeply buried, come to the surface. Nothing and no one is what they seem and the weekend swiftly becomes a desperate fight for a survival. The Dartmoor …
Film Review: Horse Money
A Pedro Costa film is not a fun night out at the cinema with a bucket of popcorn as big as your face – you’d probably choke. He makes films which challenge the audience. They’re definitely not suited for casual viewing, you need to surrender yourself to them. His work is often framed inside a …
Film Festival Preview: Celluloid Screams 2015
Celluloid Screams, Sheffield’s horror film festival, returns to the Showroom Cinema over the weekend of 23-25 October. Now in its seventh year the festival is in rude health. 2015 sees the best line-up yet featuring some of the best new horror from around the world. Along with a glittering array of feature and shorts, the …
Film Review: The Messenger
Statistically, the British Film Industry appears to be in rude health. Over 150 films were made in the last year and the amount of investment continues to rise. In reality, this often means little in terms of quality of output or scale of theatrical release. As this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival attested, it’s often …
Incoming: A Girl at My Door
Young-nam was a top graduate of the Korean police academy, but due to misconduct is transferred to a post at a small seaside village. On her first patrol she encounters the mysterious Dohee; a young girl excluded by her local community. As Young-nam adapts to her new life, she witnesses Dohee’s situation and is compelled …
Film Review: Tangerines
Most wars are bloody stupid, they really are. Young men and women fighting over land based on some random moment in history when it ‘belonged’ to this country or that country. Those fighting are often either doing so just for money or through blind loyalty fostered by power-hungry leaders; soldiers from both sides are mainly …
DVD Review: Hard To Be A God
The writings of Stanislaw Lem and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are as important to Eastern European Science-Fiction as H.G.Wells and Arthur C Clarke are to the West. Andrei Tarkovsky most famously brought the stories of Lem to the big screen with the seminal Solaris and Stalker. Aleksei German’s adaptation of the Strugatsky’s Hard To Be …
Incoming: In Cold Blood
Adapting Truman Capote’s true-crime novel about the senseless murder of a family in rural Kansas, In Cold Blood is a grimly authentic American horror story. Shot in the same house, courtroom and penitentiary that were splashed across front pages less than a decade earlier – even featuring jurors from the trial itself – Richard Brooks’ …
DVD Review: Eyewitness
Since Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy took the publishing industry by storm and the character of Lisbeth Salander became a household name, there’s been a flourishing industry for Nordic Noir. Whilst this began in print (with authors such as Jo Nesbo and Henning Mankell taking up the mantel), TV soon followed, with The Killing, The Bridge …
Incoming: Legend
1960s icons the Krays live again through the double-barrelled performance of Tom Hardy as he takes on the roles of both Reggie and Ronnie. Legend is out in cinemas today.