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Interviews

‘It completely changed the course of my life’ – Shane Meadows on Dead Man’s Shoes at 20

by Simon Bland

Two decades ago, a grim North­ern revenge west­ern star­ring Pad­dy Con­si­dine as a man on the war path shocked audi­ences and made Shane Mead­ows one to watch out for. He reflects on the long lega­cy of Dead Man’s Shoes.
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Review

Joker: Folie à Deux review – a grim karaoke session

by Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his cir­cus act as Joaquin Phoenix repris­es his role as the crime-com­mit­ting clown about town in this shock­ing­ly ama­teur musi­cal effort.

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Festivals

Joker: Folie à Deux – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his cir­cus act as Joaquin Phoenix repris­es his role as the crime-com­mit­ting clown about town in this shock­ing­ly ama­teur musi­cal effort.
A man wearing a white vest stands in a dimly lit street at night, looking pensive.
Review

Sky Peals review – the most moving film about the British highway ever made

by Hannah Strong

A man who feels dis­con­nect­ed from the world around him receives shock­ing news about his absent father in Moin Hus­sain’s mov­ing fea­ture debut.

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In Retrospect
Two people riding a bicycle on a rural road, with one person wearing a striped top.
Review

Drift review – attempts to shock without the aspect of surprise

by David Jenkins

A Liber­ian refugee attempts to rebuild her life with the assis­tance of a sun­ny Amer­i­can tour guide in Antho­ny Chen’s scat­tered drama.

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Festivals

Sky Peals – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young man who feels dis­con­nect­ed from the world around him receives shock­ing news about his absent father in Moin Hus­sain’s mov­ing fea­ture debut.
Woman in dark jacket sitting on floor, watching a flickering television screen displaying blue and white static.
In Praise Of

How Ring predicted the anxieties of the 21st century

by J. Simpson

25 years lat­er, Hideo Nakata’s time­less J‑horror still shocks – part­ly owing to its prescience.
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Home Ents

Discover the haunting human horrors of this Pre-Code classic

by Anton Bitel

Irv­ing Pichel and Ernest B. Schoed­sack­’s The Most Dan­ger­ous Game still has the pow­er to shock, 80 years after its release.
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Interviews

“No, not the dog!” – John McNaughton on Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

by Little White Lies

Three decades after it first shocked audi­ences, John McNaughton’s twist­ed thriller receives a 4K re-release cour­tesy of Arrow Films.
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Review

Morbius

by Hannah Strong

Jared Leto plays a ter­mi­nal­ly-ill sci­en­tist who acci­den­tal­ly turns him­self into a vam­pire in this shock­ing­ly inept super­hero saga.

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