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Frank Tinney | The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Racist Comedian
There is nothing better than ringing in the New Year with laughter and good cheer. But be careful who and what you choose to laugh at – not every joke is told with the best of intentions. Indeed, the final week of 2023 was bookended by the…
The Iron Claw | Efron Delivers Career-best Performance in Heart-rending Wrestling Melodrama
If you’ve ever seen a Sean Durkin film in the cinema, chances are you left the screening with a sizable pit in your stomach. Durkin doesn’t just seem to enjoy the deeply miserable, he thrives in it. He helped launch Elizabeth Olsen’s…
The Zone of Interest Movie review | A Bewildering and Wholly Unique Piece of Cinema
By now, any review of The Zone of Interest surely has to begin by stating the obvious – it is a really, really good film. The performances are uniformly excellent. The subject matter is delivered with unrelenting ferocity. There's…
Report From 2024 Rotterdam Film Festival | The Home of Quirky, Passionate and Thought-provoking…
I have returned home! Well, physically, at least. My mind, along with all the money I spaffed on outrageously expensive flat whites and too many pastries, remains in the city of Rotterdam. Keep ‘em, I say!
This was my first time…
Strong Performances From Abbott and Labed can’t save Swimming Home From Sinking
Reviewed from the 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Award-winning artist Justin Anderson’s debut feature Swimming Home was one of the buzzier titles competing at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, and it’s easy…
Extreme Horror | filmmaking far beyond shock value with Jörg Buttgereit
Content warning: here be spoilers (I guess), and discussions of depictions of extreme content. This is extreme horror. Discretion is advised.
In this instalment of my series on extreme horror, we're going deeper, diving into the work of…
DIFF 2024 Preview | 10 Must-See Movies Coming to the Dublin International Film Festival
Since its inception in 2003, the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) has endeavoured to bring the best of international cinema to Irish audiences, and the 2024 slate is no exception. With films from some of the most exciting…
Harry Brown at 15 | A vigilante fantasy for Daily Mail readers
Cast your mind back to the mid to late 2000’s. The moral panic du jour in Britain was “hoodies”, the fear that the fabric of society would be destroyed by gangs of feral hooded youth. Talk of “broken Britain” fuelled asbos, countless…
HeadStuff Picks | The Best Movies Of 2023: #10-1
We are closing in on the top spot for the HeadStuff Film writers’ Best Movies of 2023. If you haven’t caught our picks from #20 to #11, you can check them out first. Now, let’s jump back in with our top ten.
10. Anatomy of a Fall
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HeadStuff Picks | The Best Movies Of 2023: #20-11
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That time after Christmas but before New Year's where you've unwrapped the gifts, pulled all the crackers, and consumed your body weight in roast potatoes. What is there left to do? Why go on?…