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There are certain titles that arrive on the desk of an Editor-in-Chief that immediately demand attention through sheer, unadulterated audacity. When word reached UK Film Review that Peccadillo Pictures had secured the distribution rights for a project titled Lesbian Space Princess, it wasn’t just the evocative name that raised eyebrows. It was the pedigree trailing behind it. Fresh from a triumphant world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival—where it secured the prestigious Teddy Award—and an Audience Award win for Best Australian Feature at the Sydney Film Festival, this animated odyssey is landing in UK and Irish cinemas on 22nd…
We all love the tingly feeling when the house lights go down, but at Secret Cinema, the magic starts long before you ever reach your seat. In fact, for those of us who have spent the last decade chasing coordinates to abandoned warehouses and secret locations across London, the “seat” is often the last thing on our minds. From the moment I donned my robes for Star Wars, or found myself swept up in the bohemian revolution of Moulin Rouge!, I have been a devoted disciple of this immersive revolution.Now, it seems the nomadic days of our favourite cinematic subculture…
Starring: Noah Parker, Douglas SmithLunar Sway follows Cliff (Noah Parker), a young man living in a desert town called Mooncrest, as he struggles with his sexuality and unexpectedly connects with his estranged birth mother. After learning of his mother’s numerous secrets, he embarks on a wild adventure and a trail of secrets, while also spending time with his love interest, Stew (Douglas Smith). The piece is a coming-of-age story about self-discovery and seeking longing in a world that has treated you harshly your whole life.The pace of the film is intentionally meandering to establish the litany of characters and setting…
Untethered is a striking short drama inspired by the experiences of victims of modern slavery in the UK.Starring Jacob Dudman in the role of a trafficked man, from Europe to the UK, Untethered presents us with our main character while he is on the run in God’s Own Country, as he affectionately refers to Yorkshire like the locals do. He is in a living hell: he has no home, no cash and no phone- and of course no bank account. Amongst a breathtakingly beautiful winter landscape of a rural village, all he has to remind him of his identity and…
While those of us stationed in the UK often have to experience the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival through the frantic dispatches of our peers and the early morning refreshes of awards lists, the 2026 edition feels especially resonant. As Claudette Godfrey, VP of Film & TV, aptly noted during the ceremony on 18 March, the world has felt heavy of late. Yet, the cinematic output gathered in the Lone Star State suggests that filmmakers are not merely reflecting that weight, but finding ingenious, heartfelt, and often hilariously absurd ways to lift it.The 2026 jury winners represent…
Starring: Brandon McCaffery and Billie Hindle.We meet Tim, a 25-year-old gay man from Manchester, played by Brandon McCaffrey, who is by his own description an ‘ordinary lad’. Like many twenty-something ordinary lads, and lasses, in 2026 Britain, he is struggling financially as well as socially. Tim’s flatmate Jade, played by Billie Hindle, seems to be the constant in his life, as well as his Dad (Mark Benton)- and though financially more stable, Jade is broadly in the same boat as Tim. It is in fact Jade who suggests to Tim that becoming a courier might be a quick way out…
This April, Los Angeles is set to host the world premiere of a project that, on paper at least, sounds like the most explosive addition to the genre in years: Dead City Punx.As someone who has spent a significant portion of my life submerged in the world of music documentaries, I find my anticipation for this particular release reaching a fever pitch. We often talk about “DIY culture” in the film world as a polished aesthetic, but Dead City Punxseems poised to drag that definition back into the mud and the fire where it belongs. Presented by BEYOND THE STREETS,…
Directed by: James Buddy Day Starring: Fat Mike, Aaron ‘El Hefe’ Abeyta, Eric Melvin and Erik ‘Smelly’ SandinThe band that seemed to be a precursor to all the other punk bands you have heard of, NOFX were in the headlines back in 2024 for announcing their farewell tour. Having been a formidable part of the underground punk rock scene since 1983, this swan song, unlike that from a lot of other aged rock bands, was an actual goodbye, with frontman and bassist Fat Mike declaring himself done with NOFX. This documentary, directed by James Buddy Day, is a snorts-and-all roc-doc…
The curtains have fallen on the 98th Academy Awards, and while the Dolby Theatre has seen its fair share of predictable sweeps in the past, the 2026 ceremony felt like a genuine clash of titans. As we look over the wreckage of the awards season, it is clear that the night belonged to a gritty, sprawling American epic and a supernatural genre-bender that redefined the blockbuster.The evening’s biggest victor was undoubtedly Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Still on my to-watch list, its dominance is impossible to ignore. Taking home Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, Anderson…
Directed by: Ayden MayeriWritten by: Ayden Mayeri, Barry RothbartStarring: Jessica Hall, Janet Kariuki, Ayden MayeriDocumentary Film Review by: William CurzonSummer 2000: The X-Cetra Story follows four childhood friends who recorded an album in the early 2000s and drifted apart due to pursuing careers in different paths. Their music is a love letter to the Y2K era of pop music, in hopes of being like the Spice Girls. When their forgotten music resurfaces online 20 years later, it suddenly goes viral, and the four girls, now adults, reunite to spark their youthful magic once again. Divided into chapters that follow the…
Directed by:Robb BoardmanWritten by:Robb Boardman, Donny Divanian, Cory LoykasekStarring: Cory Loykasek, Donny Divanian, Kirk Fox, Kevin Nealon, Frankie QuinonesRobb Boardman directs this feature crime comedy, written by himself, Donny Divanian and Cory Loykasek and the main cast includes Loykasek, Divanian, Kirk Fox, Kevin Nealon and Frankie Quinones.There is a guy in Los Angeles who is breaking into people’s homes and stealing their plants. He is known as Plantman (Divanian). The main character though, is Cory (Loykasek), a reclusive guy who works for a car park company. A series of events will have him meeting and teaming up with Plantman, initially…
Directed by: Maya Annik BedwardWritten by: Maya Annik BedwardStarring: Mambo Labelle Déese Botanica, Zandashé Brown, Tananarive DueBlack Zombie is a deeply illuminating work about the origin of the zombie and how the concept of a zombie has developed, in popular culture and cinema, since its discovery by Western society in 1927.Directed by Maya Annik Bedward, this documentary includes accounts that are fascinatingly varied, from film historians, to writers, to artists and spiritual seekers. The audience is taken through the origins of the zombie as it developed in Haiti. With the idea of a zombie rooted in the suffering of slavery…