V/H/S/Beyond review – charmingly ragged lo-fi horror anthology strikes again
The latest set of found-footage and alien tales packs together a Bollywood witch with a terrifying birthday treat and some very sinister dog daycare
September 2024
Charley says … the climate is right for green public information films
Letters: Charles Harris and Elliot Lane applaud the idea of reviving the public safety film format to galvanise climate action
July 2024
‘Identity is more unstable than ever’: Riz Ahmed on new short film Dammi
The Sound of Metal star plays a character based on writer and director Yann Demange, who travels to Paris to reconnect with his Arab roots
May 2024
Breathless goodbye: the race to finish Jean-Luc Godard’s last film, one day before he died
Standing stones, urban hellscapes and male nudes: Derek Jarman’s glorious Super 8 short films
April 2024
Lineup announced for UK’s inaugural Muslim international film festival
In Short, Europe: Best of Best review – heady celebration of European short film-making
March 2024
The 2024 Oscar shorts review – intense drama, enticing animation and essential documentary
While Wes Anderson’s nomination has caused mild controversy there is an enticing and eclectic mix of strong contenders worthy of the win
August 2023
Short sharp shocks: the glorious return of the Amicus portmanteau horror film
The studio that mastered the art of the gleefully ghoulish cinematic short-story collection in the 60s and 70s is set to return. It may just raise a terrific genre from the dead
June 2023
The week in dance: Finnish National Ballet Youth Company; Air de Temps, Inside the Blind Iris – review
The ROH’s Next Generation festival launched with a Finnish flourish, while two uplifting collaborations show the possibilities of dance on film
May 2023
Three things
Three things with Kat Stewart: ‘It had seen more domestic action than any garment should’
In our weekly interview about objects, the actor tells us about a luxurious dressing gown and her inherited love of tea
In Short, Europe: Explore review – a continental tasting menu for cinema
Slovenian girl power, Scottish body-positive burlesque, an animated Belgian throuple and a trans-curious Irish stablehand all feature in this collection of potent shorts
Tell It Like a Woman review – Cara Delevingne powers all-female short film package
Delevingne is pretty good and Mipo O’s story of a single mother struggling to stay afloat has impact – but most are on a spectrum between insipid and awful
April 2023
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker review – DJ scares up grab-bag of horror stories
Skulking foxes, future-telling CCTV, a psychiatric hospital and a pair of suspiciously pale vintners all feature in this assortment of treats and duds
March 2023
An Oscar for an ostrich? The Australian student’s animated film in contention at the Academy Awards
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It was made by 26-year-old film-maker Lachlan Pendragon at his Brisbane home during Covid
February 2023
‘These women saved lives’: the film inspired by surviving Rwanda’s genocide
As a child, Jo Ingabire Moys saw the slaughter of her family. Thirty years on, her film Bazigaga, about a shaman heroine of the genocide, is shortlisted for a Bafta
January 2023
Oscars 2023: how to watch (almost) every nominated feature, doco and short in Australia
‘More people should see them’: Censor director Prano Bailey-Bond on her favourite short films
November 2022
A Bunch of Amateurs review – joyous and heartbreaking celebration of film-making passion
Kim Hopkins’ thoughtful documentary about the Bradford Movie Makers club has some unexpectedly deep things to say about camaraderie, community and male friendship
September 2022
A lineup without limits: the Jarman awards on tour – in pictures
A tour showcasing the work of this year’s Film London Jarman award nominees features detective stories, amyl nitrate and a hallucinatory chat with Jorge Luis Borges
