Though she appears to be a child, we soon learn Abigail is centuries old, and has developed a habit for ‘playing with [her] food’
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An album of easter eggs, a film about a woman with worrying dreams, a series about an unknowable man, new Welsh music and the last chance to see a design great.
Fran (Daisy Ridley) has a complex and creative inner world that she escapes into in order to feel real.
While Back to Black succeeds in avoiding harmful representations of addiction, viewers don’t get a deep insight into its realities and complexities.
The MonsterVerse is a slick, well-defined giant monster mythos that has further globalised Godzilla – and King Kong along with him.
Hamaguchi’s new film is a poignant tale of capitalist expansion and the ensuing loss of rural living and environmental decline.
If you like action films, and you have your tongue firmly in your cheek, then you’ll probably like this.
For its many strengths, the film may divide audiences with its chaotic, surreal final act.
The film is part soap opera about neighbourly conflict, part cosy teatime detective story. And it’s also a showcase for some delightful swearing – my area of expertise.
Out of Darkness attempts at historical accuracy are a welcome surprise, and what’s more, it is fun to watch.
New Australian film The Rooster is a small character study of two fragile men, and a powerful examination of isolation and moving on.
While there is nothing particularly surprising in Five Blind Dates, it is nevertheless a really refreshing film.
A harrowing portrayal of banal evil, a nuanced look at black fiction, a historically accurate TV series, a story about the power of love and a seriously cute exhibition.
I come from a Dalit background and I research Dalit representation in film. So I know first hand Origin’s importance to Dalit people.
A beautiful fantasy drama about grief and love and reclaiming the past.
Meaningful engagement with diverse writers is still a struggle for the publishing industry.
The film depicts the everyday life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family – yet, industrialised, genocidal violence moves along, continuously, in the background.
This adaption of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel is an emotional yet joyful exploration of black womanhood in the early 20th century South.
The problem with the Mean Girls musical film is that it is a pastiche of a pastiche.
A film adapted from a radical piece of Scottish Literature, powerful dramatisations of abuse and miscarriages of justice and a game show about deception
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