Out of Ctrl: how the laptop screen became cinema’s go-to for conveying today’s terrors
A new breed of thrillers such as the John Cho-starring Searching use computer screens as a framing device. It’s a high-impact technique, even if it looks daft in the cinema
July 2018
Unfriended: Dark Web review – cyber sequel traffics in digital cruelty
A low-budget follow-up to the 2014 horror, taking place entirely on a laptop screen, isn’t always convincing but boasts some inventive suspense
September 2015
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The best films of 2015 (so far) - US
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The best films of 2015 so far – UK
June 2015
Box office analysis: global
Women's trouble: did Spy suffer in the US from femme-centric targeting?
Melissa McCarthy’s bid for mainstream superstardom falters, as Dwayne Johnson shows how to stay on top
May 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Spooks in hot pursuit of Avengers at the UK box office
Box office analysis: global
$1m Unfriended opens a new window for Blumhouse's super-profitable horror
Box office analysis: UK
The Avengers: Age of Ultron holds on to UK box office top spot with £8.59m in second week
Box office analysis: US
Avengers: Age of Ultron scores second biggest opening ever at US box office
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Unfriended review: a Blair Witch for the broadband era
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian Film Show: Far From the Madding Crowd, Unfriended, We Are Monster and Elsa & Fred - audio
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Fitness clubs, parkour and virtual reality: the trend movies that time forgot
Our critics chase Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts all over the Dorset hills in Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of the Thomas Hardy romantic classic
Unfriended - video review
Our critics log on and freak out to a horror film played out through Skype and instant messenger
We Are Monster - video review
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: Far From the Madding Crowd, Unfriended, We Are Monster and Elsa & Fred - video reviews
Unfriended review – cyberbullying Skype tale rings too true
I know who you Skyped last summer: how Hollywood plays on our darkest digital fears
Hit horror Unfriended takes place entirely on social media and computer screens. So if the genre really is a barometer for the anxieties of an age, what does that say about the world we now live in?
