Screen Rats

W atching François Ozon’s Peter von Kant is something of a strange experience – like a funhouse that feels familiar while also being a bit deranged. From its very titl…

Y ou wait ages for one fictionalised detective story featuring Edgar Allen Poe during his cadetship years at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York…

M ovies, now more than ever! As another year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the films that stayed with us long after we left the cinema. We considered UK ci…

T horold Dickinson’s 1949 The Queen of Spades is the perfect winter ghost story. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s classic short story, the slim, sharp tale follows a young…

T he peculiarities of memory are such that the human brain doesn’t retain cinema as front-to-back narratives, but as indelible fragments: a shot, a scene, a costume, a…

W hat starts with a bathtub ends with the sea in Corsage, the latest from Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer. Is it breathing techniques Empress Elisabeth of Austria is…

I t’s been 25 years since the release of Titanic, James Cameron’s record-breaking epic that chronicles a doomed romance aboard the disaster-bound ship, and audiences s…

L ove, transformation and mysticism play key roles in Moonstruck, and at the heart of this offbeat romantic comedy released 35 years ago is Loretta Castorini (Cher), n…

M oviemaking can be a shitshow – literally, if you’re Manuel ‘Manny’ Rayes (Diego Calva) who finds himself running errands for the rich and famous in 1920s Hollywood. …

J ust as everyone prepares to tie a final ribbon on their personal list of 2022’s top films, already the process of compiling a watchlist for 2023 has begun. Today bri…

W olfwalkers, the fourth film by Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, is heavily rooted in the history of Irish subjugation by the English. Set in the Kilkenny of 16…

Y ou would be hard-pressed not to find something worth watching across myriad streaming platforms and traditional TV viewing options available. A glut of television ex…