Don’t Look Up
The satirical disaster movie will not convert conspiracy theorists, but instead serve as evidence that Hollywood is indeed a propaganda machine; its aspirations are as inflated as the director's ego - in cinemas and also on Netflix [Read More...]

My Sunny Maad
A young European woman marries an Afghan man and moves to Kabul to start a family, only to clash with the cultural customs - Czech animation premiered at Raindance. [Read More...]

The Welder
American indie horror about a mixed-race couple who fall prey to a mad scientist draws device from Jordan Peele's GET OUT, but never reaches the same heights - from Raindance [Read More...]

White Noise
Documentarist get skin-crawlingly close to three alt-right figureheads, revealing how their white supremacist views moved from the fringe to the mainstream - from Raindance [Read More...]

Dashcam
A real-life Covid denialist embarks on a vehicular hell trip in order to escape "madness", in this strange blend of found footage and screenlife horror - from the BFI London Film festival [Read More...]

Benedetta
Talk about a dirty movie; sex and violence abound in Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nun odyssey, loosely based on a real-life story - on Mubi on Friday, July 1st [Read More...]

Ali & Ava
Clio Barnard's new drama illustrates the contrasts, the conflicts and also the joys of a multiracial couple in Bradford - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, May 23rd [Read More...]

Inexorable
Belgian voyeuristic thriller excels in cinematography, while also slipping into worn-out cliches of women and mental illness - from the BFI London Film Fstival [Read More...]

Babi Yar. Context
The enfant terrible of Ukrainian cinema crafts a historical documentary raising questions about Jews erased from history and complacence - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Shepherd
The disturbed mind of man driven mad by guilt on a ravaged island unspools like reams of wool, in this atmospheric British horror - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Cow
Andrea Arnold seeks pastures green in this genuinely mooo-ving documentary about the cruel routine of milk cow Luna - on all major VoD platforms on Friday, March 11th [Read More...]

The Djinn
Mute boy is trapped in a flat with a shapeshifting Arab entity, in this surprisingly creative, low-budget American horror - in cinemas Friday, September 17th [Read More...]

Evie
British horror about a woman whose childhood demons come back to haunt her excels in photography, while making too many genre concessions - from FrightFest [Read More...]

The Changed
Horror legend Tony Todd stars in drama blending a pandemic with an alien invasion, inspired by American sci-fi classic Invasion of Body Snatchers - from FrightFest [Read More...]

The Exorcism of Carmen Farias
Despite strong production values, this Mexican haunted house horror is simply too predictable to be entertaining - from FrightFest [Read More...]

Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It
FrightFest’s first ever entry from Kazakhstan is a splatter flick with the title and setup of a screwball comedy. [Read More...]

Ultrasound
This sci-fi horror about a man forced to spend the night with a very unusual married couple has more twists and turns than Lord of the Rings - from FrightFest [Read More...]

The Sadness
A viral pandemic turns the infected into bloodthirsty zombies, in this Taiwanese horror with abundant blood and limited vision - from FrightFest [Read More...]

No Man of God
Sentenced to death by electrocution, serial killer Ted Bundy continues to manipulate the media, prosecutors and his own counsel up until the bitter end - crime drama starring Elijah Wood shows at FrightFest [Read More...]

Gaia
A jungle cruise turns upside down in more ways than one, in this psychedelic eco-horror from South Africa - in cinemas on Friday, September 24th [Read More...]

Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Genres collide in this paranoid, pacey picture about a grief-stricken video archivist, loosely based on true events - in cinemas on Friday, March 25th [Read More...]

Jazz on a Summer’s Day
The seminal concert movie breezes back into cinemas six decades later with a shiny 4K facelift - out on Friday, August 27th [Read More...]

Freaky
Fans of Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day movies might enjoy his new horror/comedy Freaky; everyone else will find it more than a little creaky - in cinemas now [Read More...]

Fargo
The sombre and twisted comedy-crime classic has now just received a 25-anniversary commemorative reissue, and it feels as pristine as fresh blood on white snow - in selected cinemas and also on VoD [Read More...]

Nashville
Robert Altman’s 1975 masterpiece is given a 4K re-release in all its subversive, satirical glory, as sharp and defiant now as when it first opened during the USA’s Bicentennial. But Nashville is no celebration; it charts the hypocrisy and tragedy not only of the music business, but America at large - in cinemas from Friday, June 25th [Read More...]

After Love
A widow poses a cleaner in order to penetrate the intimacy of her late husband's secret family, in a British drama about heritage, religion and fractured identity - on VoD on Sunday, August 22nd [Read More...]

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (El Perro que no Calla)
Argentinean drama about an unruly dog, a meteor and a fishbowl helmet blends surrealism with deadpan to impressive results - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, July 26th [Read More...]