Festivals
Heavyweight | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
A riveting and well-made character study that goes deeper on the tenuous mind-space boxers manage in the lead up to the world's most beloved bloodsport.
Latest
Festivals
Preview: Raindance Film Festival
Let's see the most anticipated watches for some of our team at Obscurae.
Festivals
EDGAR WRIGHT LOOKALIKE CONTEST
Our first ever casual meet-up this Sunday in Central London, to celebrate Raindance Film Festival!
Film
🇺🇸Materialists is All About Love, But Less Than The Sum of its Parts
Good cinematography can obscure bad writing, and I'm not really sold on what Materialists is selling about us. The film has charm and disarms in funny little interludes, yet it's disinterested in anything besides the aesthetic.
Music
Woman’s Best Friend? | Thoughts on Sabrina Carpenter’s Cover Art
This backlash isn’t unexpected and may very well be part of Carpenter’s design to get people discussing. Sabrina is known to satirise male incompetence and female image and sexuality. But is this a step too far?Â
Festivals
ATTAGIRL! | OBSCURAE at TriBeCa
In what can only be described as the most colourful, explosive and beautifully kitchy Short I have had the pleasure to see this year, Klimovski rampages.
Festivals
I Was Born This Way | OBSCURAE at TriBeCa
A star-studded deep dive into Carl Bean - the highly influential Singer, Activist and Clergyman, proud, and ahead of his time.
Film
OH, HI! | OBSCURAE at TriBeCa
Tied Up Tight and Toxic, OH, HI! is a Heartstruck Misery for the Situationship Generation.
The Case
The Case for Wandavision
(A love letter and a Trauma Study)
Sweet and Short
Sweet and Short: "Dear Dorothy" (Dir. Matthew McPherson)
In a haunting, resilient and sharp war short based on a true story, 'Dear Dorothy' gets behind allied lines, and writes the glory from the dirt.
Festivals
Ride Or Die | OBSCURAE at TriBeCa
With Ride Or Die, Josalynn Smith transfuses grungy 90s dissatisfaction into the chassis of a beautifully shot modern feature, painted red, peeling to blue, then blossoming to a pale lilac.
What It Feels Like For A Girl Q&A | SXSW London 2025
✨Read our review of the film here!