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A man shooting a gun in a scene from Itch!

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Quietly Confident And Devastatingly Timely – Itch! (Grimmfest 2025)

October 26, 2025 Rebecca Sayce

A man holding a key in a scene from Past Life

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Twisty, Genre-Blending, Claustrophobic Nightmare – Past Life (Grimmfest 2025)

October 24, 2025 Rebecca Sayce

A woman crying with makeup smudged on her face in a scene from Dead By Dawn.

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More To It Than Meets The Eye – Dead By Dawn (Grimmfest 2025)

October 21, 2025 Alice Boyd-Leslie

A man covered in blood and screaming in a scene from Syphon

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Doesn’t Hold Back On The Violence – Syphon (Grimmfest 2025)

October 20, 2025 Alice Boyd-Leslie

A man falling from a boat into a shark's mouth in a scene from Beast of War

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Plenty For Audiences To Sink Their Teeth Into – Beast Of War (Fantastic Fest 2025)

October 14, 2025 Rebecca Sayce

A man staring into the camera in a scene from Kombucha

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Gory, Gut-Busting Body Horror – Kombucha (FrightFest 2025)

August 22, 2025 Rebecca Sayce

3 min read

Reviews

Coming-of-age Documentary is a Heartwarming Miracle – Folktales (Film Review)

December 4, 2025 William Stottor

A mesmerising still from Jean Vigo's L'Atalante with Dita Parlo's Juliette in the foreground.

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Reviews

One Of The Great Debuts Returns – L’Atalante (Film Review)

December 4, 2025 Philip Bagnall

A group of survivors, with a business man in the centre, stand together in a train station in Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy.

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Reviews

A Promising But Stale Adaptation – Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (Film Review)

December 3, 2025 Georgia Davis

Two lines of people stand below a cinema screen at the Cork International Film Festival

6 min read

Highlights From The 70th Cork International Film Festival

December 2, 2025 Gavin Spoors

Emma Stone bald and covered in antihistamine cream as Michelle Fuller in Bugonia.

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Reviews

A Wild Ride With Exceptional Performances – Bugonia (Film Review)

December 1, 2025 Rehana Nurmahi

Michael Showalter, Felicity Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Chloe Grace Moretz and Dominic Sessa in a video interview with a Christmas set background

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“Chaos… mass chaos” – Oh. What. Fun. Cast And Crew Discuss Making A Christmas Film

December 1, 2025 Gavin Spoors

Chevy Chase sits dishevelled in a tuxedo in The Christmas Letter.

3 min read

Makes Hallmark’s Finest Look Like European Arthouse – The Christmas Letter (Film Review)

December 1, 2025 Mark Carnochan

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Brand New Films Releasing In UK Cinemas This Weekend (28.11.25)

December 1, 2025 Scott Goldie