A Girl Upstairs – Review
Paintings, as far as cinema is concerned, are not to be trusted. Just ask Madeline / Judy in Vertigo or Stanley Uris in IT. There is something unnerving about a set of eyes blankly following you acro...
Category Archives: Thriller
Monkey Man – Review
Dev Patel’s impressive directorial debut, Monkey Man, is a film full of hyperbolic contrasts. A seven foot fighter, built like a barrel, towers over his scrawny opponent in the ring. Glass and steel ...
In Flames – Review
There has been a plethora of feature-length debuts celebrated at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, with writer / director Zarrar Khan joining in festivities. His film, In Flames, breezes effortlessl...
Only The River Flows – Review
The 1990s in China was a period of extreme flux. As state-owned businesses and structures began to disintegrate, unemployment and corruption began to seep in. Many eagerly embraced the rise of consum...
Cold (Kuldi) – Review
“Scandi noir” feels like it’s been around forever. Viewers and readers alike indulge in tales of bitter winters, detectives who are seen as outsiders or unorthodox, grisly murder scenes and thick, co...
The G – Review
This review contains spoilers. They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. But nobody ever said anything about it being grandma doing the serving. In an unusual spin on the classic revenge dram...
Love Lies Bleeding – Review
This review contains mild spoilers If you watched Rose Glass’s debut, Saint Maud, there’s a strong chance you left the cinema in a state of shock and disorientation. Striking in its visuals and bolst...
Altered Reality – Preview
Get ready to immerse yourself in a world where reality bends, secrets lurk in the shadows, and the line between good and evil blurs. K Street Pictures’ supernatural thriller Altered Reality, di...
The Killer – Review
David Fincher’s latest thriller, The Killer, is probably the antithesis of what many have come to anticipate from the “hitman’s revenge” kind of film. It is still; it defies its own mantras about not...
Rotting in the Sun – Review
Warning – This review contains major spoilers for Rotting in the Sun If Tom Gormican’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent taught us anything, it’s that we love actors playing hyper stylised vers...