Category: Film
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Strong themes (from grief to motherhood, self-doubt to self-preservation) wrapped in elegant storytelling ruled the day at the tenth Sick Chicks Film Festival. Grief is such a ubiquitous topic in so many films that it seems impossible that there can be anything else to say, but there is. In Aunque no esté contigo (Even If…
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Kombucha is a satirical horror film about the dilemma many creative people face between work that satisfies their souls versus more commercial jobs that pay well. Oh and it’s about health fads and other issues too; a wild and potent mix, which made for a fascinating conversation with its director, Jake Myers. I asked him…
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I’ve admired found footage films for some time, always keen to discover different approaches to it, so pleased to see a film Grimmfest describes as “a twisty, disorientating and brilliant spin on the ‘found footage’ subgenre” in their 2025 programme. Once I watched Tribe, I was even more pleased to sit down and talk with the…
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I love a good revenge thriller: revenge often seems to give a rich tension to a film, and a motivation viewers can get behind. So I relished the chance to talk to Tom Botchii, whose film Syphon wasn’t quite so straightforward. Described as a “cat-and-mouse vigilante action”, I asked Tom how it came about that the…
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I’ve become very fond of Mayhem Film Festival, and it’s lovely to meet a filmmaker who feels the same. Recently, I had the pleasure of spending half an hour in the company of Marc Price, writer and director of The Arbiter, soon due to screen at this year’s Mayhem. “We’ve had two films there,” Marc…
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I’m going to tell you as little as possible about the film I See the Demon: when I saw it a few days ago, I kept thinking it reminded me of another film, but then, before a few minutes had passed, it turned out to be quite different. There was certainly a lot to talk about…
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There have been so many films and stories about vampires over the years that it’s always intriguing to find one that has a novel take. That’s where the new film, LandLord, has its hook: its central baddie is a vampire who doesn’t need to be invited in, as he owns the homes where his prey live.…
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As I’ve said in my review for F1, I’m not particularly into sports or sports movies. However, couple that with a psychological horror bent, and you have my interest. I went to Him expecting a movie of low quality; the RT score currently sits at 31%. However, after viewing the film and talking with my father,…
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It may have only been three years ago when I was first introduced to the world as Avalon Fast sees it. The budding auteur’s debut film, Honeycomb, about a group of young women who venture out into the woods where they start an independent commune free from the pressures of societal norms only to find…
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The film industry is embracing eco-horror in a particularly intense way lately. Director Paul Greengrass stated that he aimed for the “most realistic depiction of fire ever on film” in his upcoming film, The Lost Bus. There’s also Paramount+’s Wolf Pack, which begins with a similarly harrowing situation of kids on a bus fleeing their town as…