It was Shelley Duvall’s destiny to become most widely known for a single film or maybe for a single poster image from it, shockingly and
Category: Films
‘Identity is more unstable than ever’: Riz Ahmed on new short film Dammi
Sometimes the smallest projects are the most interesting. That may well be the case for Riz Ahmed’s newest film: a 16-minute short called Dammi, directed
Shelley Duvall, star of The Shining and Annie Hall, dies aged 75
Shelley Duvall, the much-loved US character actor and star of films such as The Shining, Annie Hall and Popeye, has died shortly after her 75th
‘Are you rich in goats?’: chronicling the extraordinary work of Bhutan’s ‘happiness surveyors’
How often do you get angry? Are you prone to envy? Are you rich in goats? These are the questions Amber Kumar Gurung is employed
Eno review – stimulating and cerebral look at the high priest of art-tech experimentalism
If anyone could get away with presenting a “generative documentary” rather than a bog-standard bio-doc, it would have to be Brian Eno, the high priest
The Commandant’s Shadow review – family of Auschwitz commander bring healing to death-camp survivor
The first shock delivered by this engrossing documentary is probably the queasy jolt of recognition. Hans Jürgen Höss, the now elderly son of the Nazi
Hundreds of Beavers review – Gold Rush-style spoof silent comedy fires gags at warp speed
The sheer sustained silliness of this spoof silent comedy is what finally compels admiration. It’s like chancing across a bunch of eerily gifted kids by
Schlitter: Evil in the Woods review – tightly crafted horror turned DIY torture tutorial
From pruning knives, to a table-saw, to pulley-activated mousetraps, DIY buffs will be in heaven watching this rigorously conceived and intelligently shot French horror-thriller (and
Longlegs review – Nicolas Cage is a miscast killer in misfiring hokum
In a rather gloomy period for the horror film – a string of commercial misfires causing some to question the usually profitable genre’s long-life reliability
In a Violent Nature review – horror unplugged is quietly gruesome
A man in a mask is out to get you; that’s the basic drill, and horror fans know it – they love the drill, they