A scabrous, at times shocking assault on the more idiotic aspects of religion, and the dangers that they pose in a society capable for the first time of bringing about its own destructive Apocalypse.
Comedian Bill Maher champions scepticism in an age of rising religious fundamentalism.
Renaissance is blessed with a script that not only feels like genuine noir rather than a hastily written pastiche, but also is not subordinated to all the visual razzle-dazzle.
Ground-breaking animated film noir in which a hard-boiled detective hunts a kidnapped dame.
One of Rent's better-known songs, Seasons of Love, tells us that a year is 525,600 minutes, but believe me, this film seemed an awful lot longer than that.
Big-screen adaptation of the award-winning musical.
Tim Peter Kuhn's cinematography and Franco Tortora and Tom Batoy’s dramatic score combine to create a sense of disorientation, of psychological disintegration.
Afflicted with a dermatological disease that causes her skin to crumble away, Kira discovers that she can replace that skin with the skin of other women.
What Aronofsky has done with Selby's script is remarkable. With the use of split screen, hip-hop montage and every trick in the cinematographer's bag, he has forged a work of considerable significance.
Study of dysfunction, addiction, loneliness and love amongst four characters in Coney Island
A treatise on the American Old West, Requiem drips with a kind of nostalgic pathos, richly enhanced by the breathtakingly beautiful photography courtesy of Patrick Ghiringhelli.
Documentary examining the myth surrounding the death of Billy the Kid.
Overall, The Resident is a solid step in the right direction for Hammer, being an archetypal genre piece made with care and some style, distinguished by solid acting from reliable leads.
Hammer Horror returns with a thriller about a young woman whose new apartment may not be as secure as it seemed.
The heart of James Redford's documentary about toxic stress and its affect on physical health is in the right place but the execution never rises above the pedestrian.
How childhood stress can have an impact on physical health in adulthood.
Bujalksi’s film, ambling on at a languid pace which would offend the five-miles-a-day Trevor, gets some mileage out of poking fun at the spandex set and their self improvement mantras, even if they are an easy target.
Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
Eventually, as screenwriter Adam Sussman attempts to fit the disparate pieces of a farfetched storyline together, you know it’s nonsense and the moment is lost.
There’s a ghost in the mirror in a small Texan town where memories of a murder haunt an innocent young woman.
The wild energy of the soundtrack perfectly suits the inventive, tongue-in-cheek onscreen action, and the cast, split as it is between established actorly talent and youthful enthusiasm, alternately bring great comic timing and fearless exuberance.
Toxic gas brings the dead back to life just as a group of teenagers are partying in the graveyard.
This film reveals so much to us - the lack of secular influences, the dominance of the church, the passion of the faithful, the strength of their young people.
The creation and transport of a statue through Armenia.
The film has been impressively edited by Anne Fabini, so that despite the inevitable rough and ready nature of some of the footage captured under fire, the end result feels taut and cohesive.
Documentary about rebel fighters in the besieged Syrian city.
While unable to completely disguise its television origins through small-screen compositions and comparatively dull and grainy shot-on-video visuals, the film benefits from quality production design and direction.
Epic tale of revenge and kung fu disciplines in ancient China.
Brightly coloured, esoteric, sometimes cheesy, with an electronic score and a lot more going on upstairs than you might expect, it suits its subject perfectly.
A celebration of VHS and the genres it enabled to flourish.
News and features
News & Features
Going ape
Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest
Freeform
Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal
In silence
Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness
