Film Archives

COP SECRET director on journey from “chubby nerd” to saving a World Cup Messi penalty

May 24, 2022

Cop Secret creator Hannes Þór Halldórsson, the former semi-pro goalie in Iceland, juggled shot-stopping – including for the national team – and film directing.

Category: Film, Interviews, Sport

Finally out in the UK, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is worth the hype – and then some

May 24, 2022

Sumptuously designed, sensitively acted and bursting with pure imagination, Everything Everywhere All At Once is a sheer pleasure to behold and a tour de force to experience.

Category: Culture, Film, Reviews

JUNGLE CRY: heartstring-tugging true story recounts feel-good rugby history

May 19, 2022

Well-intentioned sporting drama based on a true story that can’t help but stir the emotions, Jungle Cry sees 12 orphan boys travel from India to take part in 2007’s under-14s Rugby World Cup Championship in Wales.

Category: Film, Reviews, Sport Region: Wales-Wide

Dreamlike & disconcerting, horror film A BANQUET is a hard but gripping watch

May 19, 2022

Heavy on atmosphere and deeply unsettling, occasionally stomach-churning horror A Banquet tensely explores family relationships and grief.

Category: Film, Reviews

Superpowered kids have never been more unsettling than THE INNOCENTS

May 17, 2022

A decidedly un-showy Nordic blend of superhero and fairytale film, The Innocents manages to have more tension than most Marvel showdowns.

Category: Film, Reviews

“The twists utterly changed my perspective on the film” – STEVEN CREE on Scandi-horror THE TWIN

May 11, 2022

The Twin finds a bereaved family in Finland navigating creepy scenarios. British actor Steven Cree, who plays dad Anthony, spoke to Carl Marsh about the making of the film.

Category: Film, Interviews

The creators of THE ADVENTURES OF MAID MARIAN on making their female-led Robin Hood film

May 10, 2022

Carl Marsh speaks to three people behind The Adventures of Maid Marian on bringing the Robin Hood character to the screen, and the trials therein.

Category: Film, Interviews

May 2022 film highlights: from DOCTOR STRANGE to MEN

May 2, 2022

From Doctor Strange to Top Gun: Maverick to Men, Keiron Self takes a look at what's on offer at the cinema this May.

Category: Film, Previews

Shudder scores another hit with unnerving folk child horror, THE TWIN

May 1, 2022

A dread fuelled Scandi-horror that blends elements of Midsommar and Rosemary’s Baby to creepy effect, The Twin is another of Shudder Original’s scary successes.

Category: Film, Reviews

HAPPENING: French teen pregnancy drama paints gripping, intimate portrait

April 20, 2022

An intimate abortion drama set in France in 1963, when the procedure was illegal, Happening is a gruelling tale of predjudice and determination.

Category: Culture, Film, Reviews

“We’d laugh about how far he went – cauterising wounds on kitchen hobs!” – PEAKY BLINDERS’ NEIL MASKELL on the brutality of BULL

April 14, 2022

With the newly-streaming Bull, Neil Maskell is back doing what he does best. Except, as Carl Marsh observed, with even more violence.

Category: Culture, Film, Interviews

TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF – a compelling portrait of a sporting superstar

April 14, 2022

Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off is an intimate and honest portrait that chronicles Hawk’s bumpy rise to fame – from a scrawny Californian teen to the height of his powers.

Category: Film, Reviews, Sport

THE CELLAR: Elisha Cuthbert anchors Lovecraftian horror from Ireland

April 13, 2022

The Cellar is an effective horror, held together by Elisha Cuthbert, that has some logic leaps but takes you along in its clammy grip.

Category: Film, Reviews

OPERATION MINCEMEAT: truth is stranger than fiction in Colin Firth’s WWII spy drama

April 11, 2022

A bizarre, true-life tale of espionage in World War II, Operation Mincemeat sees a talented cast of thespians adding weight to an incredibly devious plan.

Category: Film, Reviews

Slovenian film MURINA is a deeply absorbent family drama on the Adriatic Sea

April 7, 2022

All the characters in Slovenian film festival success Murina are richly drawn, and like the ocean itself there’s plenty going on beneath the surface

Category: Film, Reviews

THE LONELIEST WHALE: a nature doc for our interconnected age

April 5, 2022

Much like the needle-in-a-haystack search that propels this unexpectedly endearing documentary, The Loneliest Whale: The Search For 52 begins as one thing and evolves into something altogether more meaningful.

Category: Film

April 2022 film highlights – from FANTASTIC BEASTS to THE NORTHMAN

April 1, 2022

Spring has sprung but why not spend some time in a dark auditorium with these April films, from Fantastic Beasts to The Northman?

Category: Film, Previews

MORBIUS: Marvel’s vampire anti-hero is more bland than bite

March 31, 2022

Despite Matt Smith's hammy charm and Jon Ekstrand's score, Morbius is one Marvel vampire flick that’s difficult to truly sink your teeth into.

Category: Film, Reviews

SHUDDER horror NIGHT’S END is a middling descent into madness

March 31, 2022

Helped by some edgy editing, Night’s End is a serviceable, swift if static horror that relies on people doing close-up scared-face acting.

Category: Film, Reviews

Ruth Wilson soars but relationship drama TRUE THINGS never takes off

March 29, 2022

True Things is a relationship drama with a stellar central performance from Ruth Wilson, masking a story that never quite catches fire.

Category: Film, Reviews

Hack ‘n’ slash fantasy THE SPINE OF NIGHT is adult animation at its bloodiest

March 22, 2022

An epic animated fantasy that brings to mind the stylings of Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord Of The Rings, The Spine of Night is gory, full of unnecessary nudity and bonkers.

Category: Film, Reviews

The right to dream in the face of adversity – DUTY FREE documentary is full of twists, turns and love

March 17, 2022

A deeply personal documentary chronicling a mother and son’s relationship, released in time for Mother’s Day, Duty Free depicts British expat Rebecca as she’s fired from her housekeeping job aged 75.

Category: Film, Reviews

Due for theatrical charity screenings, heartbreaking Ukrainian film OLGA mixes politics & sport

March 17, 2022

A sobering sports movie with a vital political agenda, Olga is necessary, emotional viewing, and will have charity screenings throughout the UK to raise funds for those caught up in the appalling Ukraine conflict.

Category: Film, Reviews

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN: Mark Rylance charms as the world’s worst golfer

March 14, 2022

Based on a shockingly true story that shows you should always dream big, The Phantom of the Open stars a typically charismatic Mark Rylance.

Category: Film, Reviews Region: Wales-Wide

COP SECRET director on journey from “chubby nerd” to saving a World Cup Messi penalty

Finally out in the UK, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is worth the hype – and then some

JUNGLE CRY: heartstring-tugging true story recounts feel-good rugby history

Dreamlike & disconcerting, horror film A BANQUET is a hard but gripping watch

Superpowered kids have never been more unsettling than THE INNOCENTS

“The twists utterly changed my perspective on the film” – STEVEN CREE on Scandi-horror THE TWIN

The creators of THE ADVENTURES OF MAID MARIAN on making their female-led Robin Hood film

May 2022 film highlights: from DOCTOR STRANGE to MEN

Shudder scores another hit with unnerving folk child horror, THE TWIN

HAPPENING: French teen pregnancy drama paints gripping, intimate portrait

“We’d laugh about how far he went – cauterising wounds on kitchen hobs!” – PEAKY BLINDERS’ NEIL MASKELL on the brutality of BULL

TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF – a compelling portrait of a sporting superstar

THE CELLAR: Elisha Cuthbert anchors Lovecraftian horror from Ireland

OPERATION MINCEMEAT: truth is stranger than fiction in Colin Firth’s WWII spy drama

Slovenian film MURINA is a deeply absorbent family drama on the Adriatic Sea

THE LONELIEST WHALE: a nature doc for our interconnected age

April 2022 film highlights – from FANTASTIC BEASTS to THE NORTHMAN

MORBIUS: Marvel’s vampire anti-hero is more bland than bite

SHUDDER horror NIGHT’S END is a middling descent into madness

Ruth Wilson soars but relationship drama TRUE THINGS never takes off

Hack ‘n’ slash fantasy THE SPINE OF NIGHT is adult animation at its bloodiest

The right to dream in the face of adversity – DUTY FREE documentary is full of twists, turns and love

Due for theatrical charity screenings, heartbreaking Ukrainian film OLGA mixes politics & sport

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN: Mark Rylance charms as the world’s worst golfer

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