11 Films to keep on your radar in 2026

2025 was an incredible year for film, with brilliant originals like Sinners, Sentimental Value and Marty Supreme, alongside adaptations such as Hamnet, One Battle After Another and Bugonia – we were truly spoilt for choice. But 2026 may be set to take cinema to the next level, with some truly insane releases on the horizon. […]

Why Cinema Still Matters: Jack Howard on Audiences, Emotion and The Second Time Around

On a rainy night in London, Elle, a waitress in a small cafe, is confronted by a strange older woman in Jack Howard’s new short film The Second Time Around. The film has been receiving rave reviews and whilst it was showing at the Norwich Film Festival, I had the pleasure of chatting to director […]

The Brutalist

The idea of going to see a 3h 35m film in the cinema is slightly daunting, we are accustomed to being comfortable and shorter films play into it, with even films clocking in at over 2 hours feeling long sometimes. But the first time I watched the teaser trailer for The Brutalist, I was enthralled, […]

The Oscar’s Best Pictures ranked

Every year I set myself the goal of watching every nomination in the Best Picture category for the Oscars and every year I fail…. Until this year! One of the reasons I usually don’t succeed is likely because I hadn’t been open-minded enough to try films I wouldn’t usually see but last year when I […]