Olya (Olga Yukina) is a mild-mannered girl living in a big Russian city. She spends her time gallivanting with her motley crew of friends, finding new ways to cause mischief and pass the time. When she’s caught sneaking into the cinema (which was at the time forbidden to anyone under the age of sixteen), she…

“It’s pretty, but its a bit difficult to understand. Somehow it makes me think of all kinds of things, but I’m not sure exactly what” These are the first words the viewer is presented with the beginning of Malpertuis, the audacious fantasy film crafted by Belgian horror auteur Harry Kümel, and one of the most…

I often wonder how the original authors of fairytales would react when presented with the different ways their stories have been interpreted over the years. One writer, in particular, I wonder about is Hans Christian Andersen, who is responsible for some of the most legendary stories of folklore and fantasy ever written, with his work…

I will break from convention, and begin this review with a quote that struck me as extremely powerful: “[The Shape of Water] is a healing movie for me…For nine movies I rephrased the fears of my childhood, the dreams of my childhood, and this is the first time I speak as an adult, about something…

I’ll be perfectly honest – I am a huge Harry Potter fan, but I am also someone who felt that the series ended well with the final book and film. J.K. Rowling created an iconic world that will live on for decades to come – and despite being a literary genius, Rowling herself also seems…

Tim Burton is a tricky filmmaker – I wouldn’t call him a bad director by any regard, but in recent years, he has begun to slip ever so slightly. That isn’t to imply that his films aren’t enjoyable – but in some of his more recent works, he seems to be becoming slightly more self-referential…