Silent Prey is an absorbing thriller that deftly tackles a multitude of themes. Avan Hardwell’s film does so many things right, and with some powerful performances, it is a film that deserves your time. Raquel ‘Rocky’ Huntley (Misty Monroe) is a Los Angeles attorney whose brother’s suspicious death is not
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Violence ★★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Violence keeps to its title as we witness a wonderfully relentless, over-the-top assault on the senses from filmmaker Connor Marsden. Who knew we needed a bit of bloody, punk-noir in our lives? Henry Violence (Rohan Campbell), a former drug addict who has become straight-edge and moved on. He has one
Abigail Before Beatrice ★★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025
Abigail Before Beatrice is as compelling as it is hauntingly affecting and sad. The more Cassie Keet’s excellent film goes on, the closer you get to the edge of your seat. Olivia Taylor Dudley is utterly devastating here as a lost soul desperate to reclaim her sense of belonging. Beatrice
Lucy Liu to receive the festival’s prestigious Réalta Award at the 25th Belfast Film Festival
Belfast Film Festival marks a major milestone this year as it celebrates its 25th anniversary and will welcome Hollywood star Lucy Liu to town to receive the festival’s prestigious Réalta Award for her exceptional and compassionate performance in Rosemead, directed by Eric Lin. The Réalta Award honours actors and filmmakers who use
Barbican Cinema presents the global environmentalist season ‘Land Cinema’ from Wed 5 Nov – Wed 26 Nov 2025
This November, Barbican Cinema presents Land Cinema, a season of rare films rooted in the global environmentalist movement of the past half-century, which sowed the seeds for climate justice today. Curated by Becca Voelcker, author of the new book Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction (University of California Press),
Bootie’s ★★★★- HollyShorts Film Festival 2025
Bootie’s from director Milana Vayntrub is a fun as hell short film comedy. Full of empowerment in sex work, lead and writer Grace Canaan shows us that you can have a whale of a time doing something you love. Overworked assistant Emmy (Grace Canaan) also moonlights at a lap dance
Plastic Surgery ★★★★ 1/2 HollyShorts Film Festival 2025
Guy Trevellyan’s Plastic Surgery is an urgent and phenomenal short that highlights an issue that most people push to the side. He marks himself as a filmmaker we have to keep an eye on with this debut. Dr. Terra (Anna Popplewell), a trauma surgeon, is on her last shift before
Holy Smokes ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2025
Holy Smokes is a short film that that refuses to take itself seriously, continually conjuring up hefty laughs for its audience, yet what keeps you watching is the chemistry and performances from leads Galilea La Salvia and Alex Costello. This is one you need to catch. After “sinful” stoner Lauren
Transcending Dimensions ★★★★ Fantasia 2025
Transcending Dimensions is a surreal blast from Toshiaki Toyoda, who aims to absorb us in every way that he can. It’s ambitious, it’s unruly, but it is never, ever, boring. Shinno (Ryûhei Matsuda) joins his client Nonoka (Haruka Imô) at a retreat with the mysterious monk/cult leader/sorcerer Master Hanzo (Chihara
Hellcat ★★★★ Fantasia 2025
Hellcat is one mighty impressive feature debut from Brock Bodell. A horror thriller that not only leaves you guessing, but has you firmly planted at the edge of your seat right until the credits. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night, Lena (Dakota Gorman) is
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