Sinners or One Battle After Another? Jessie Buckley or Rose Byrne? This year’s hotly contested Oscars are coming up and I’m here to tell you who should win, who likely will win, and why. Two of my ...

Long Way North is the directorial debut of Rémi Chayé, who has also worked on The Secret of Kells (2009) and the more elusive Calamity: A Childhood Of Mary Jane Cannary (2020). The film follows lonely ...

It may be surprising to learn, considering the cover and recent media coverage of Fatima Bhutto’s new memoir, that the first animal to appear in the text is a wild deer not her illustrious dog, the ...

As the spookiest night of the year approaches, let’s look at one of cinema’s defining techniques—the jump scare. The jump scare is one of the most effective techniques a filmmaker has in their arsenal ...

In 1992, Blur hit a snag in their career trajectory. Although their debut album Leisure (1991) garnered them substantial recognition (the LP reached number seven in the charts), the project was met ...

The Brutalist is a long film, that goes without saying. Clocking in at over three and a half hours, it is now the fourth-longest film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Such a ...

Brilliant lead performances, witty set pieces, and cleverly constructed plot twists ensure BBC One’s new puzzle-themed cosy crime series barely puts a foot wrong. It may seem counterintuitive to begin ...

Three years after the release of Historian, American indie-rock singer Lucy Dacus returns with a collection of captivating, intimate songs which make up her latest album, Home Video. While vocal ...

The year 2024 seems to have been the resurrection of dance, hyperpop and indie sleaze. All of this having been captained by the one and only Charli xcx who, with her neon green album Brat, has ...

A group of New Yorkers have their late-night commute on the Staten Island Ferry brutally interrupted by an unlikely foe: a mouse with an appetite for murderous mayhem and a murky connection to the ...

The humble DVD game may have a myriad of rivals these days and may not be the cutting edge product it once was but in this article I’m going to give you three reasons why interactive DVD games (for ...

Lee Tamahori’s picture of faith in war-torn Aotearoa is a conventional period drama elevated by its quietly grounded central performances. The Convert begins in 1830, and follows Thomas Munro (Guy ...