Alternative Cinema is For Everyone

Alternative Cinema is For Everyone

This year’s lineup was never meant to scare, but to be an entry point to a bizarre, inexplicable world for everyone to make their own.   *This article was originally published in our 2021 Programme Booklet. It has been adapted and reformatted for the web.  ...
Lose The Plot: Violent Cinema Is Overrated

Lose The Plot: Violent Cinema Is Overrated

There’s almost always a violent horror film showing in local mainstream theatres, but here’s why I don’t care—and neither should you.      In one film, a woman is carelessly rend into two halves, red spilling outwards and cleaving her apart from the crotch...
The Ebbs and Flows of Slow Cinema

The Ebbs and Flows of Slow Cinema

Slow cinema is boooooring…Or does it actually play an important role in a world where fast-paced, action films dominate? *This article was originally published in our 2021 Programme Booklet. It has been adapted and reformatted for the web.     In a dimly-lit...