In 2007, Shay Butler was a twenty-seven-year-old countertop installer and part-time radio DJ living in Pocatello, Idaho. When he uploaded his first raw videos to YouTube – originally intended as a personal weight-loss diary – he could not have predicted he was on the path to creating the blueprint for a multi-million-dollar industry that would…

Fresh from its premiere at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, director Michelle Zhou’s feature Big Little Things (Huangyan shenghuo) breathes emotional weight into a familiar premise. The film follows Lei (played by Cuishan Liang), a woman returning home to Harbin for Lunar New Year after living in the United States. Trapped between her authentic life…

A mysterious smoke hangs over the forests of western Thailand in Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s The Burning Giants. As it spreads, so do disease, destruction and displacement, in a devastating film that gradually takes on an intriguing, mythical quality. The film carries a profound real-world weight, drawing inspiration from the murder of an Indigenous Karen rights activist fighting…

We Brits are world leaders in whining about the weather. In Pressure, though, the forecast isn’t polite small talk; it holds the very fate of the Second World War in its hands. Adapted from David Haig’s play, the film unfolds over the tense 72 hours leading up to D-Day. Scottish meteorologist James Stagg (played by Andrew…

The hype around Grand Theft Auto VI reached another level this week with Rockstar and Netflix’s extended look at the game. So, as we wait just a little longer to head back to Vice City, why not spend some time watching the films that capture the many sides of Florida? From classic gangster epics to…

Do we truly notice the animals around us? This is the question posed by Super Nature, a nature documentary that implores us to put down our smartphones and re-engage with the natural world. But the film is not simply an ode to adorable seals and endangered rhinos; the lens through which we view them is…

From plot-twisting gems to high-fashion flexes, jewellery has always been one of cinema’s ultimate scene-stealers. Here are 10 of the most unforgettable, iconic, and occasionally homewrecking pieces in movie history. 10. Diamond-encrusted Furby Pendant – Uncut Gems As a boy, I got so enraged by my yappy Furby that I threw it down two flights…

What if The Meg isn’t just a giant shark movie? From literary parallels to blockbuster spectacle, we’ll explore how Herman Melville’s classic story echoes through one of modern cinema’s biggest shark movies, The Meg, and its central character.

Ridley Scott has spent much of his career putting people under pressure. His films are full of hostile environments, collapsing systems and characters trying to survive forces much larger than themselves. From Alien and Blade Runner through Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, Scott has repeatedly asked how people behave when the systems around them fail. Even when his films aren’t bleak, they…