Recalling the 1972 Hammer Horror Vampire Circus, the equally literal Vampire Carnival follows a travelling attraction that serves as a front for the undead. An ideal gig for working nights and ...

The winning streak of the horror genre continues apace with the latest instalment from the Aardman stable. With Halloween hovering at the end of next month, a brand-new adventure awaits children of ...

The abuse of human rights is one of the great tragedies of history and because it remains so prevalent there have been many documentaries in recent times concerned with it. However, until now I have ...

Film buffs, StudioCanal has a very special gift for you: a Peter Sellers centenary collection, eight restored comedy classics all in one box-set on Blu-ray. Namely – deep breath – Heaven’s Above, The ...

You think you’ve seen every Laurel & Hardy short ever made and then those good people at Eureka Entertainment release a new package of delights which has you laughing afresh, all over again. In those ...

I feel a warm attachment to this film which is not something that I had anticipated. It is the case that The Portuguese House has won ten awards but most of them were received in Spain which counts as ...

Just over two weeks ago we lost the independent British film producer Jeremy Thomas, aged 77, whose credits included the Oscar-winning The Last Emperor, Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and ...

With its UK release following close on from that of North Sea, Nature Untamed, it is only natural to compare these two works yet in some key respects they are very different. Both are documentaries ...

Back in 2017 the actress Abigail Breslin spoke out about her own experience as a rape victim and made clear the extent to which publicly acknowledging what had happened was so difficult. What she ...

Central to this film and by far its most appealing feature is the performance of its leading actress, Emily Watson. She appears in the role of Aileen O'Hara whose home is a fishing village in Ireland ...

Film Review (FR): When you wrote the book, it was the first time you'd really spoken about your friendship with Jimmy. Was it a cathartic experience to write? Lew Bracker (LB): Yes, it was a very ...