Audacious but ultimately unsatisfying, Fanny Lye Deliver'd is an entertaining if flimsy folk horror homage.…
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Like its enigmatic heroine, Ema rarely stands still. Both spectacular and intimate, it’s a hypnotic search for female identity and family that wanders down a tangled, transgressive path.…
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Shannon Murphy's off-kilter family drama manages to subvert sentimentality in favour of an untidy but powerful emotional resonance.…
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Advertisements Following a series of acclaimed short films, Rose Glass blends Joan of Arc and Carrie by way of Persona in her striking, self-assured debut about obsession, faith, and why it’s best if you don’t give that book of William Blake paintings…
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Advertisements Based on a particularly grim Grimm Brothers fairy tale featuring dark magic, dismemberment and a dash of cannibalism, Nietzchka Keene’s forgotten gem The Juniper Tree has been restored and returns to the big screen. Shot in 1986 but not released in…
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With Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Sciamma has delivered a masterful ode to love, desire, and creativity — that feels both fresh and modern —like a myth that’s as old as the hills.…
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