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It's no secret how important a filmmaker Danny Boyle is. Ever since the cult classic Shallow Grave (1994), and his era-defining Trainspotting (1996), he has remained integral to cinema - granted there have been some clangers such as The…

Welcome to Animation Globe where HeadStuff’s animation expert Joseph Learoyd analyses films of the form from around the world. This entry is on 2013 Argentinian animation Metegol Loosely based on Roberto Fontanarrosa’s short story…

A Banquet, the debut feature from Scottish director Ruth Paxton, sees widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) tested as she deals with her eldest daughter, Betsey’s (Jessica Alexander) purported possession by a higher power. Opening on…

It might seem like video games have always been popular, but the time people spend playing them consistently continues to rise. More than half of American homes have a gaming console, and about 76% of Americans have spent some time playing…

It’s hard not to feel we’re putting a lot of responsibility on the shoulders of the youngest generation. Whether we like to admit it or not, our actions will require them to shoulder many burdens that we are not ready for ourselves:…

This week, Andrew and Stephen cover the career of supporting heavyweight and icon of American masculinity Jon Bernthal. Starting out as Shane in The Walking Dead, Bernthal moved quickly into supporting roles in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of…

“Its like I can feel myself leaving my body...like its making me someone else” - Casey (Anna Cobb) A teenager's attic bedroom. We are viewing it from the position of the computer. The room is bathed in moody coloured lightning. UV…

Vortex, writer-director Gaspar Noè’s latest picture, is a slow, heartfelt portrait of an elderly couple (Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun) throughout their day-to-day lives, while respective physical and psychological ailments take their…

The pandemic transformed gaming and live streaming from a nerdy niche to an international pastime. In the past year, average viewership on Twitch has been well above 2.5 million and over 1 million streamers go live every day.  The…

With Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave, author and journalist Mark Mordue explores Nick Cave’s early years in Australia, before he became the iconic musician, songwriter, and leader of The Bad Seeds. The book ends just as Cave is leaving…