Young Frankenstein (1974) Director: Mel Brooks Screenwriters: Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder Starring: Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Gene Hackman Mel Brooks’s 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein, co-written with Gene Wilder, remains one of cinema’s most affectionate and enduring parodies of classic horror. Built as an overt tribute to Mary Shelley’s novel … Read more

Nomadland (2020) Director: Chloé Zhao Screenwriter: Chloé Zhao Starring: Frances McDormand In 1957, Jack Kerouac published On the Road, a defining work of the Beat Generation that turned the American highway into a metaphor for freedom, discovery and life lived on the margins. Kerouac’s wanderings celebrated the journey itself rather than any destination, and his … Read more

Never Gonna Snow Again (2020) Directors: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert Screenwriters: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert Starring: Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Lukasz Simlat, Andrzej Chyra Polish film Never Gonna Snow Again, co-written and co-directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, blends a quiet, measured surrealism with a pointed social critique. … Read more

Possessor (2020) Director: Brandon Cronenberg Screenwriter: Brandon Cronenberg Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor is a cold, exacting exploration of identity, violence, and voyeurism that digs into the machinery of the human mind. Part science-fiction, part psychological horror, the film follows Tanya Vos (Andrea Riseborough), an … Read more

Don’t Look Up: Adam McKay Assembles Star-Studded Ensemble for Netflix Adam McKay’s latest project, the Netflix-produced film Don’t Look Up, brings together a remarkable ensemble cast. Leading names attached to the project include Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Meryl Streep (The Post), Timothée Chalamet (Little Women), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), Himesh Patel (Yesterday) and pop star Ariana … Read more

Limbo (2020) Director: Ben Sharrock Screenwriter: Ben Sharrock Starring: Amir El-Masry, Kwabena Ansah, Ola Orebiyi, Vikash Bai, Grace Chilton, Kenneth Collard Ben Sharrock’s Limbo (2020) is a quietly powerful film that frames the refugee experience on a remote Scottish island with a mix of deadpan humour and aching melancholy. This review explores how Sharrock’s direction, … Read more

This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Sophie Cook. Fractured (2018) Director: Jamie Patterson Screenwriters: Jamie Patterson, Christian Hearn Starring: April Pearson, Karl Davies, Louise Lytton, Jordan Metcalfe Ideal viewing for fans of British independent horror, Jamie Patterson’s Fractured (2018) delivers a compact, unsettling experience that leans into familiar genre tropes while … Read more

Death is inevitable. How and when it arrives remain mysteries, yet the early 2000s horror franchise Final Destination built an entire premise around cheating fate—at least temporarily. Across five films released over eleven years, the series explored the idea that a premonition or a sudden “feeling” can spare a handful of people from an immediate … Read more

David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) Director: Spike Lee Writer: David Byrne Starring: David Byrne David Byrne opens the Broadway stage stripped down to essentials, barefoot and asking a deceptively simple question: what remains if we remove everything except what matters most? The audience—whether seated in the Hudson Theatre, sharing a living room screen, or watching … Read more

“I tried to avoid it as much as I could.” Ari Aster’s remark, made shortly before the 2019 release of his acclaimed horror film Midsommar, acknowledged the shadow cast by Robin Hardy’s 1973 cult classic The Wicker Man. Both films helped define the modern folk horror landscape. While Aster may have tried to steer clear … Read more