Screen Rats

W im Wenders is in London accompanying new restorations of a number of his classic movies, in collaboration with Curzon for a season called Kino Dreams. Although he st…

I n 1973 the United States Supreme Court made a ruling that protected abortion as a constitutional right in America. The landmark case, known as Roe v. Wade , was bro…

C rikey, is that the time? As we reach the over-half-way mark of 2022, it’s a good time to look forward to the films yet to come in our cinematic calendar – both the b…

A fter planting her flag on the televisual medium with the generation-defining(-ish) Girls — and slightly less so with her not-so-feted series Camping — Lena Dunham …

E thiopian legend tells of Azurkherlaini, an old Amir who, in order to conquer his fear, journeyed in search of Maoul Hayat – the water of eternal life. It’s this tale…

K illing or hurting an animal on-screen is a surefire way to catalyse an emotional response from a film’s audience, be it sadness or anger, dismay or shock. Some anima…

T here is something Ulyssian about Damien Odoul’s ninth feature film Theo and the Metamorphosis. Much like Joyce’s epic in its wandering narrative progression and gene…