Boston Strangler is Matt Ruskin’s dramatisation of the most notorious serial killer to ever strike in the Bay State capital. In the early 1960s, thirteen women were [...]

Orphan: First Kill is the prequel to 2009’s Orphan and like the original it’s an instant camp classic. Once again, the main character is Leena, a 31-year old woman with [...]

Like Old, Knock at the Cabin marks the start of what may come to be seen as M. Night Shyamalan’s late period. Both films move away from the twists that have become [...]

The third release in the Insidious franchise is more modest, but also more consistent, than the second, largely because it understands that Elise Rainier, the paranormal [...]

Sharper may be the most quintessential original film to come out on Apple TV+ to date. Directed by Benjamin Caron, it’s a contemporary spin on The Grifters, and revolves [...]

The Whale is one of several recent films to contemplate how the gay encounter with death might look in an era where AIDS is no longer an inescapable point of reference for [...]

Pearl is the second instalment in Ti West’s History of Sexuality, a multi-generational trilogy that explores the way in which cinema has mediated desire over the twentieth [...]

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is Laura Poitras’ spiritual sequel to Citizenfour – an extraordinary documentary about the artist Nan Goldin and her activism around the [...]

Every John Wick film so far has amped up Chad Stahelski’s vision, and Chapter 4 is no exception. It’s the best in the series, and a worthy conclusion if the series [...]

There seems to be a trend whereby critics feel compelled to disavow films that revel too openly in cinephilia. Perhaps it’s because they feel that cinephilia is their [...]