Reviews

The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic, monochrome perfume ad
California Schemin' review – a predictable and soft-edged music biog
You, Me & Tuscany review – mamma mia...
Undertone review – hits only bum notes
Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute, open-hearted microcosm
Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out fairly quickly

Features

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!
The liminality of All The President's Men
Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man
Bashu, Beyzaie and the Paradox of Iranian Identity
The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn
Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

Contributor Felix Bazalgette

In Praise Of

In praise of Orphée – Jean Cocteau’s mould-breaking masterpiece

by Felix Bazalgette

The French filmmaker’s haunting 1950 work fluidly blurs the line between technology and magic.

The strange, intoxicating madness of Un Chien Andalou

by Felix Bazalgette

Sliced eyeballs and dead donkeys – welcome to Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí’s surrealist nightmare.

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The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic, monochrome perfume ad

California Schemin' review – a predictable and soft-edged music biog

You, Me & Tuscany review – mamma mia...

Undertone review – hits only bum notes

Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute, open-hearted microcosm

Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out fairly quickly

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!

The liminality of All The President's Men

Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man

Bashu, Beyzaie and the Paradox of Iranian Identity

The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn

Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

In praise of Orphée – Jean Cocteau’s mould-breaking masterpiece

The strange, intoxicating madness of Un Chien Andalou