Byrne: Dangerous Animals (2025)
Sean Byrne’s third film brings shark horror to the Gold Coast. In a plosive prologue we meet a pair of backpackers, one Canadian, one British, who charter a shark diving [...]
Boyle: 127 Hours (2010)
Written and directed by Danny Boyle (with Simon Beaufoy also working on the screenplay), 127 Hours is a dramatisation of Aron Ralston’s escape from Bluejohn Canyon in 2003. [...]
Rasoulof: The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig is quite an extraordinary achievement. It was filmed entirely in secret and smuggled out of Iran to screen at the 2024 Cannes [...]
King: Carrie (1974)
After reading Salem’s Lot I’ve decided to go back and read my way through Stephen King’s novels until they stop being engaging. Since Salem’s Lot was his second, [...]
Perkins: The Monkey (2025)
Osgood Perkins’ second horror film is an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story “The Monkey.” It’s immediately recognizable as a King narrative too. We have an [...]
Derrickson: The Gorge (2025)
There’s a lot to recommend The Gorge. For one thing, it’s directed by Scott Derrickson, of Sinister and The Black Phone, and he really knows how to create atmosphere and [...]
Cronenberg: Humane (2024)
Humane is the debut feature length film from Caitlin Cronenberg, daughter of David Cronenberg. Her brother Brandon has already released two titles, Possessor and Infinity [...]
Clark: A Christmas Story (1983)
It’s amazing that Bob Clark followed Black Christmas, arguably the greatest American Christmas horror film, with A Christmas Story, arguably the greatest American Christmas [...]
Clark: Black Christmas (1974)
Bob Clark may be the greatest American Christmas director. Not only did he helm one of the best feel-good holiday season movies in A Christmas Story but he directed Black [...]
Levinson: The Bay (2012)
The Bay may be the most unusual work in Barry Levinson’s filmography as well as one of the oddest instances of found footage. It started out as a documentary about [...]