Film Features

Aftersun is a touching directorial debut by Charlotte Wells, set in the late 1990s. It follows 11-year-old Sophie and her young father, Calum to a Turkish resort. Calum and Sophie's mother are divorced, and he does not live in his hometown…

A lot of history textbooks skip right over the period between the two World Wars as if little of importance happened in those two decades. Those that do mention them generally only hit the highlights - the death of Lenin in Russia, the US…

Happy New Year, and welcome to our Best of 2022 list. Or at least, our best “things I watched and haven’t already covered” list. There were a few good shows (like Tomorrow) that came out in 2022 and that we’ve already talked about. And…

‘Come in and know me better man!’ This Christmas marks the 30th anniversary of the release of The Muppet Christmas Carol. If you haven’t seen it, what kind of Muppet shaped rock have you been living under? As a child I loved The Muppets…

It’s December, and all around the world people are getting ready to celebrate Christmas. Sometimes it’s easy for people in the English-speaking world to think that our version of Christmas is universal, but that’s far from the case. Even…

As we discussed in the first half of this two-parter, Yuen Woo-Ping is a director with an extremely long career in Hong Kong cinema. He’s been the lead director on 31 films and the action director on about twice that many. He’s worked on…

Let's take a look at Pete's Dragon, a classic blend of live action and animation that turns 45 years old this year. I'm happy to be looking at it, rather than having to review its remake. Why is that? Well, even though there's nothing…

When asked what one's favourite animation is, the answer you’ll get from most people usually falls into the realm of Disney, Pixar or some form of anime, Studio Ghibli usually coming to the forefront. Rarely does one hear the answer…

Even if you’ve never heard of Yuen Woo-Ping, I can almost guarantee you’ve seen his work. A legendary Hong Kong film director in the 80s and 90s, he’s responsible for launching the career of not one but two martial arts legends. His first…

Don Bluth is well known for his work in the field of animation. He has brought to life classics of the animation Rennaissance of the 1990s, such as The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, An American Tail and, in the case of today's…