Dead Before Dawn 3D
Despite obvious budgetary limitations, this affectionate spoof has enough energy and wit to appeal to its core audience of horror junkies, writes Gavin Midgley.
Category Archives: Reviews
Warsaw Bridge
Pere Portabella has fashioned a film which may not simply be dismissed as experimental: WARSAW BRIDGE has a confidence and an easy visual style that belies the obscurity its content, writes Christopher Stefanowicz.
Dangermouse
DANGER MOUSE is a relic of a time when the UK had only three national television channels, of a time when there wasn’t a lot of money around (unless you were Baron Silas Greenback). Keith Braithwaite reviews and contextualises the Cosgrove Hall favourite.
War Witch
WAR WITCH: a truly remarkable film on many levels, showing in raw detail the destruction of war upon the human spirit. Mike Boyd reviews at the Cambridge Film Festival.
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Although Jobs is a fascinating subject, THE LOST INTERVIEW is very tech-heavy in content and not for the casual film fan, writes Liam Jack.
Santa Sangre
Sadistic and painful, seductive and playful: SANTA SANGRE is an eye-popping visual adventure that proves how imaginative cinema can be, writes H. Chan.
Combat Girls
With a cleverly woven plot and authentic performances, particularly from the mesmerising Alina Levshin, COMBAT GIRLS is incredibly watchable, even though the drama occasionally resorts to cliché, writes Lillie Davidson.
Sprites 11
Sarah Longfield reviews SPRITES 11, a collection of 18 short films, pop videos and animations hand-picked by digital arts organisation onedotzero, showing as part of the Family Film Festival.
V. O. S.
V.O.S. portrays a film being filmed within a film, where the four principal characters are also the actors who play them. Bridget Bradshaw attempts to untangle Cesc Gay’s original rom-com.
Octonauts
Chris White and her children have seen all three of the episodes screened at CFF more times than she cares to remember, but they have not fallen out of love with the Octonauts yet.