Stranger Things Stage Play: Behind-The-Scenes Look
“There’s definitely more story to tell here.” Go behind the scenes of the upcoming Stranger Things stage play: Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Comics Garth Ennis on adapting his war comics: “I would be extremely nervous about the results”
Comic book writer Garth Ennis discusses The Boys, Preacher, James Gunn taking on Hitman and the adaptations he’d be most excited and nervous about.
Comics Frank Miller: “I don’t think about A.I.”
Frank Miller discusses A.I. and competing with cinema at the 2023 Lucca Comics & Games.
The Kitchen review: Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s debut feature delivers on Dystopian Homesick Blues
Set in the near future, Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s The Kitchen grapples with homogenisation of London, police violence and male bonding. Our review…
Lucca Comics & Games: Festival Director, Emanuele Vietina on being together for the pop culture event
Lucca Comics & Games is back this November! Festival Director, Emanuele Vietina discusses why this year’s theme – together – is incredibly important…
Cinema Starve Acre: A chilling and atmospheric folk horror | London Film Festival Review
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark star in Daniel Kokotajlo’s atmospheric Yorkshire-set folk horror. Read our review for Starve Acre…
Cinema Pigeon Shrine FrightFest announces line-up for Halloween 2023
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is back for more horror goodness on Halloween, taking place on 27 and 28 October. Read the full line up…
Cinema Fingernails Reveiw: Love hurts in this deadpan romcom | London Film Festival 2023
Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen Whiten star in Fingernails, a sci-fi film set in a world where a scientific test determines whether you are compatible with your chosen partner. Our review…
Cinema The Boy and the Heron: A Masterpiece | London Film Festival 2023 Review
Studio Ghibli co-founder and Spirited Away director Hayao Miyazaki is back with The Boy And The Heron. Our review…
BFI London Film Festival 2024: Genre highlights
From disaster movies and contemporary folk tales, to horrors and anime – here are all the genre offerings at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.
Lucca Comics & Games: More guests announced!
Dungeons & Dragons aficionado Joe Manganiello becomes ambassadors of Lucca Games, Magic: The Gathering enjoys its 30th year, Star Wars: Unlimited trading cards launches, Netflix to present first episode of All The Light We Cannot See and more at this year’s Lucca Comics & Games 2023.
Cinema The Boy And The Heron: Trailer released for Hayao Miyazaki’s dark fantasy
Check out the trailer for Studio Ghibli’s The Boy And The Heron plus is this Hayao Miyazaki’s last movie?
Piper review at FrightFest: An uncanny intersection of fantasy and reality
Anthony Waller’s Lower Saxony-set modern fairytale confounds the psychological and the supernatural while disinterring an old legend
Farang review at FrightFest: Revenge-fuelled rampage
In Xavier Gens’ Thai-set hyperviolent revenger, an eternal outsider must fight to escape his criminal past and recover a normal family life.
Transmission review at FrightFest: Seeking answers in the Void
Michael Hurst’s multimediated metamovie switches between different nighttime TV programmes all telling the same apocalyptic story.
Hostile Dimensions review at FrightFest: Scary, funny sci-fi on a budget
Graham Hughes’ found-footage multiverse mystery sends documentarians on a quest to find a missing woman and a better world
Doctor Jekyll review: Social drama and possession horror
Joe Stephenson’s campy gothic adaptation is equally class- and self-conscious, transitioning from social drama to possession horror
The J-Horror Virus review: Delving into a cultural phenomenon
Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp’s cross-cultural documentary traces the origins and influences of a Japanese horror genre.
Hostile Dimensions: Delving into found-footage with director Graham Hughes
Found-footage mockumentary Hostile Dimensions sees two documentary filmmakers discover a door that leads to multiple worlds. We find out more with the movie’s writer and director Graham Hughes…
“I’m glad we got the amount of blood we were able to get.” Erik Bloomquist on his new slasher Founders Day
We speak to Founders Day director and co-writer Erik Bloomquist.
