Film Reviews

The American Civil War has been explored on screen countless times, but The Legend of Van Dorn approaches the period […]

Happiness should be one of the easiest things in the world to recognise. We know when we feel it, we

There probably aren’t many films that can move from Buddha to RZA, punk music, anti-God graffiti, foul-mouthed puppets and a

Hawaii is such a naturally cinematic location that filmmakers already have one major advantage before pointing a camera at anything.

There is something quietly amusing about attempting to turn sitting down into an extreme sport. No speed is involved, there

Starting again is difficult at any age. Starting again after decades of marriage, while facing financial uncertainty, community judgement, a

There is something immediately appealing about a horror film that places one person in an isolated location and gradually suggests

Political documentaries can easily become little more than illustrated lectures, particularly when tackling subjects carrying decades of history, division and

Making a feature film is difficult. Making one independently, where resources are inevitably more limited and filmmakers are often required

There is no gentle introduction to Nowhere Fast. Shaheer Naqvi’s 116-minute crime thriller gives us a brief look at the

A séance might provide the title and supernatural hook for Vivian Kerr’s Séance, but anyone expecting a conventional haunted-house horror

There is something immediately inviting about a film that knows exactly what world it wants to inhabit. From its opening