Screen Rats

1 5 years on, 2008 is a fascinating case study for why movies are the way they are today. The Dark Knight dazzled critics, made a billion dollars worldwide, and didn’…

T he first time Pietro lays his big blue eyes on Bruno is by the kitchen table of his family’s homely summer house in Grana, a small commune in the Italian region of P…

E ven though he wouldn’t have been thought of as such at the height of his fame, Bugs Bunny was, for a long time, the most famous gender-nonconforming character in the…

C ambodian-French filmmaker Davy Chou creates an intimate, unpredictable character study in Return to Seoul , which documents a young woman’s journey to find her biolo…

F ew recent examples of opening narration have laid out so foreboding a mission statement for the film that follows as that which starts Tunisian drama Harka. Over var…

O ver the decades, cinema has carved many niches even within beloved genres. Under the wider umbrella of horror you might find a slasher or a supernatural film, while …

T here is a romanticism around wanderlust which doesn’t always make sense. The idea of aimlessly travelling and taking in foreign cultures, customs and flavours is nic…

W ithin the pristine white walls of the Serpentine Gallery set in the manicured serenity of Hyde Park, there is another London – one that was left to burn. In a 24 min…

I t’s six years since the Guardians of the Galaxy had their last formal outing (there was a 40-minute holiday special that aired on Disney+ in November 2022, but to pa…

W hen Stu (Ed Helms) wakes up in a Bangkok bathroom in The Hangover Part II , he has a sore head not just because of his stinking hangover but also because of the trib…

T here are so many different modes of survival depending on all matter of circumstances including class, race, sexual orientation and gender. In Lola Quivoron’s daring…