Sew Torn (2024)
95%
4/5
“While Connolly is great as the resourceful dressmaker, it’s the supporting ensemble of weird and wonderful characters which makes Sew Torn shine.” –
Starburst
Apr 25, 2025
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Shudderbugs (2022)
3/5
“Shudderbugs deserves attention for its inventive and emotionally perceptive approach to the craft of atmospheric indie filmmaking.” –
Starburst
Apr 3, 2025
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Die Alone (2024)
80%
4/5
“Writer-director Lowell Dean is an auteur with an eye for the twisted and macabre, and Die Alone mixes moments of explosive and bloody violence with periods of reflective restraint.” –
Starburst
Feb 28, 2025
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Listen Carefully (2023)
50%
3/5
“It’s an entertaining flight of fancy. What weakens the impact is that the fractured narrative – which continually resets the story – ends up leaving everything feeling arbitrary and inconsequential. ” –
Starburst
Feb 28, 2025
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Blackwater Lane (2024)
11%
2/5
“Unfortunately, despite the potential of the premise, there's little in Blackwater Lane to get the blood pumping. Characterisation remains superficial, so it's hard to invest in anyone's fate. ” –
Starburst
Jan 27, 2025
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Into the Deep (2025)
24%
2/5
“Despite the inclusion of its three storytelling novelties (shark-phobic diver, presence of Jaws‘ icon Dreyfuss, and drug pirates), Into the Deep relies on the familiar shark tale template.” –
Starburst
Jan 23, 2025
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Come Home (2023)
3/5
“Come Home eschews all the predictable through-the-window voyeurism and serial killer ‘jump scare’ clichés to offer a slow-burn and off-kilter tale of supernatural malevolence deep in the American wilderness.” –
Starburst
Jan 23, 2025
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Clawfoot (2023)
2/5
“The repeated lurches in tone flatten the impact of the dark comedy, the jump scares and the gruesome blood-letting. Little of the story lands convincingly, and everything ends up feeling as soulless as Janet’s taste in home decor. ” –
Starburst
Oct 23, 2024
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Nobody Is Crazy (2019)
3/5
“While the pacing meanders occasionally, this remains interesting, unformulaic filmmaking, told from an often neglected narrative perspective.” –
Starburst
Jul 10, 2024
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Homesick (2015)
3/5
“Berger is good as the brooding, emotionally inarticulate Henrik, while Wilmann is even better as the self-destructive but endearing Charlotte. It's a well-shot and evocative film, with a tight narrative focus on its extended familial ensemble.” –
Starburst
Jun 12, 2024
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In Flames (2023)
95%
3/5
“Zarrar Kahn evokes the hectic, crowded life of the city and the emptiness of the countryside and coast with an unromantic sense of realism. ” –
Starburst
Jun 3, 2024
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Hoard (2023)
94%
4/5
“This is unusual, unsettling, and irresistibly vivid, next-generation British filmmaking.” –
Starburst
May 23, 2024
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Green Room (2015)
90%
5/5
“Committed performances, sharp dialogue, a gripping blend of the visceral and the heartfelt, and a credible sense of authenticity all add up to deliver an indie-grindcore night out to remember.” –
Starburst
Mar 18, 2024
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The List (2022)
2/5
“The patchy acting talents of the small ensemble, the uneven pacing, and the over-reliance on static dialogue all reduce the impact of the promising premise.” –
Starburst
Mar 4, 2024
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The Lodge (2019)
75%
5/5
“With deserved confidence, this salutary tale takes its characters well beyond the point of no return.” –
Starburst
Feb 6, 2024
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Roadkill (2024)
3/5
“If you’re prepared to come along for the ride, it’s a diverting enough journey which whizzes by in 90 minutes.” –
Starburst
Dec 27, 2023
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Leave the World Behind (2023)
74%
4/5
“Leave the World Behind downplays Alam’s magical realism to deliver a more grounded account of the unravelling of present-day America. ” –
Starburst
Dec 27, 2023
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Three Blind Mice (2023)
2/5
“There's no shortage of gushing blood... But writer David Malcolm and director Pierre B fail to build anything like a coherent mythology. ” –
Starburst
Oct 16, 2023
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15 Cameras (2023)
67%
2/5
“[Cam's] voyeurism is framed as a kind of lecherous ‘prank’, with which the viewer is made complicit. For a film all about observation, that’s a pretty big thing to lose sight of.” –
Starburst
Oct 13, 2023
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Antichrist (1974)
14%
3/5
“The special effects are predictably dated, and the score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai is unexceptional, but the family home where most of the action takes place has a suitably oppressive and claustrophobic atmosphere. ” –
Starburst
Oct 2, 2023
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Outpost (2022)
70%
3/5
“Outpost is a great-looking film.” –
Starburst
Sep 13, 2023
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The Hanged Girl (2023)
2/5
“No one’s character journey makes sense, and none of the script’s wider themes is developed, so they end up being left (in an oddly fitting way) hanging.” –
Starburst
Aug 30, 2023
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Frontier(s) (2007)
62%
5/5
“Landing somewhere between Delicatessen and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this neo-nazi-cannibal bloodfest still possesses an impressive, distinctive spirit of its own. ” –
Starburst
Jul 17, 2023
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I'll Be Watching (2023)
2/5
“Elisa Manzini and Sara Sometti Michaels deserve credit for taking inspiration from contemporary social concerns, it’s disappointing to see them produce a story that feels anything but groundbreaking.” –
Starburst
Jun 26, 2023
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Everything Will Be Fine in the End (2023)
100%
4/5
“Despite the film’s upbeat title, there’s as much tragedy and loss as there is hope in Bartone’s unformulaic and rewarding tale.” –
Starburst
Jun 16, 2023
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