★★★☆☆ If the ongoing franchise juggernaut of J.K. Rowling’s magical fantasy is anything to go by, the world just can’t get enough of wizards. But who, you might ask, is looking out for the witches? Well, Anna Biller certainly is – writer and director of the deranged, kaleidoscopic comic horror Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ If Hollywood has taught us anything it’s never to organise a family dinner. From August, Osage County to Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World, family repasts are a reminder that get-togethers are frequently times of emotional outbursts, melodramatic explosions and smashed crockery. Trey Edward Shults’ debut Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ A pulsating, amorphous mass that moves of its own volition, it acts with apparent intelligence in its endless quest to find and absorb food. No, this isn’t the plot to 1958 sci-fi horror The Blob, but a description of The Creeping Garden’s fascinating if revolting documentary subject, slime mould. Continue Reading