Live for Films

Ah, Nicolas Cage…just keep being you and doing stuff like this. Witness a small-town diner become the epicenter of a deadly standoff in Best Pancakes in the County, in select US cinemas and on VOD on November 20. Set over the course of one explosive night, Best Pancakes in the County transforms an unassuming small-town […]

A card game presents cinema with a peculiar problem. The action is largely stationary, the rules depend on information withheld, and the most consequential decisions may happen behind an expression that barely changes. A hand of cards cannot explain itself. Nor can a stack of chips convey what a player is willing to risk. The […]

Coming out in time for Halloween, Clayface is a body horror film exploring themes of vanity, revenge and love, but in its brief runtime, its exploration of these themes remains (ironically) superficial. Starring Tom Harries as Matt Hagen, a brilliant actor and rising star in Hollywood whose aspirations of staying in the limelight are cut […]

Writer and director Carol Morley is no stranger to mining her past in her work, having previously made the documentary The Alcohol Years. Her latest film, 7 Miles Out is a coming-of-age autofiction drama, adapted from her 2017 novel of the same name. Set in Stockport, crucially seven miles out from Manchester, away from the […]

Slayground is the new film written, produced and directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Saulnier previously brought us Blue Ruin, Green Room and Rebel Ridge all of which I thoroughly enjoyed. On Halloween night, a terrifying chain of events unfolds in this action-packed horror thriller. This new film stars Cory Michael Smith, Chase Sui Wonders, Sophie Wilde, […]