OK, so we're biased. But we had to tell you...
Our EIC, UMNIA, has a new Short Film series that's coming out for FREE on YouTube every week - from now until the end of the year.
Exit 8: A scary game of spot the difference
Although it was a faithful adaptation mixed with a generic character-driven plot, I feel like this movie could have had a lot more to offer.
I Am The Prize and the Manosphere | Sweet and Short
Director Sai Karan Talwar's I Am The Prize unpicks the constructed personalities of the men behind "red pill" ideology and the Manosphere, but fails to consider the victims of it.
The Sheep Detectives (Review) - A reverse British Invasion is happening in Film
A heartwarming, feel-good, well-constructed, run-of-the-mill British family comedy has one very interesting twist...
The Stormlight Archive: The Escapism & Psychology of Fantasy
Not only does Sanderson create compelling, complex, and realistic characters that struggle with their mental health in nuanced ways with a cool, simultaneous magic metaphor. He also explicitly discusses psychology and therapy in a context where that usually never happens.
We're in a new Film Essay book — and you can pre-order it now!
Something exciting is happening in May, and two OBSCURAE voices are very much involved! Art/Film is a new anthology from Film East, bringing together 21 writers to explore the relationship between cinema and the wider world of art — painting, music, theatre, the internet, and beyond. Essays dig into everything
So inconsequential, I can hardly think of a title. | I'm watching Euphoria, so you don't have to. (Episode 3 Review)
Nathan Cassie's wedding is perhaps the most uneventful "most anticipated" TV wedding ever written.
Anne's having a moment - and so are we...
Saturday 2 May — 6–7pm at 7West Cafe, Toronto (18+)
014 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM
An anti-scroll collection of newsworthy things we watched & read this week.
How Akinola Davies Jr. Built "My Father's Shadow" (ft. Sope Dirisu & Wale Davies)
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🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦Box Office Cheat Sheet (24th April 2026)
Our sources for Box Office releases are Google Searches, usually from one "Chain" cinema and one "Arthouse" cinema in a major city in the country we're previewing. If you have any ways we can improve this series, email team@obscurae.co.uk. 🇬🇧UK The
Do you beliebe in life after hell?
Old school Bieber fever has returned, and, though nostalgic, it's reminding me of a time I'd rather not revisit.