Her philosophy has her remain elegantly original, and we as an audience can feel her genuine adoration for cinema. Revolutionary director Agnès Varda has a history of being a powerful force in the world of cinema, leaving a mark not only on the French New-Wave movement but internationally. You have heard the name, but if you do not know the woman, then Varda’s directed documentary on her career is somewhere to start. The emotional flow of the theatrical film reels, ...

Innovative. Enigmatic. Genius. The significant exception to all rules.  The documentary by Giuseppe Tornatore throws us into the profoundly entertaining, exhausting and magical life of the Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Born in 1928, Morricone wrote over 500 scores for films and television, from Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso to Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, for which he won an Oscar in 2016. 

I believe it is fair to say I have become somewhat of an in-house horror nerd of this publication. It is not rare that every other week, you will find my name attached to some sort of article talking about the twisted indie welsh language release or a good old jump scare-packed TV show. I have a lot of fun going through that type of content, it is my equivalent of going on a roller coaster ride (I am terrified ...

Are you a horror fan who is tired of looking for new things to watch and getting the same old list? Again and again and again. Before anyone comes at me to say how dare I speak ill of the greats, I want to preface here: I am not doing that. I still appreciate and have so much fun watching Halloween (1978) or Insidious (2010). However, from time to time, I feel the thirst for something different, a new perspective. ...

In the first week of October, my laptop went completely dark. I couldn’t get past that first black screen in the login process. This got me really upset. How dare my computer shut down in October, in the spooky season, the time for us goth kids to revel in all the horror related content that would never get this amount of hype any other time of the year? How would I share with my fellow weirdos my first review of ...

A film wrapped in drama, revenge and complicated relationships. No, I am not talking about the behind-the-scenes chaos that was the production of Don’t worry darling. For the past couple of weeks, especially with the massive publicity that comes with events such as the 2022 Venice Film Festival, Twitter could not get enough from all the alleged drama surrounding the production of Olivia Wilde’s second directorial endeavour.

The nostalgia and importance of life are so well reflected through cinema, and the impassioned film endeavours of the Europeans powerfully echo the beauty and pathos of everyday living and community. The colourful tasting menu that Italian and French films offer and resemble holds cinematic versatility, a career in cinema for those who wish to soulfully express themselves. Thus, for a movie to be about movies themselves is a dreamy cultural comment on the human condition. François Truffaut’s and Giuseppe Tornatore’s ...

It’s a bright and beautiful day. Blue skies and birds are singing amongst the trees and a pumpjack is drilling the earth for its sweet, sweet petroleum. That is how The Feast (2021), a Welsh language horror film directed by debutant Lee Haven Jones, opens.

Neil Gaiman has arguably been one the greatest names in fantasy literature for some decades now. A master of creating highly visual and atmospheric worlds that capture our imagination, Gaiman has always enjoyed the process of adapting his work to film or television.

The horror genre gets a bad reputation for not welcoming women or just straight up hating them. As a horror fan, I must admit that this can sometimes be the case. However, the genre is also a hub of iconic female characters.