Reviews
Together: U + Me = Us
Michael Shanks’s first feature is one wicked spitfire of a horror film, and if its metaphors seem heavy-handed, it has the decency at least to deliver them in the nastiest package possible.
Reviews
All of our reviews, of everything, in one place.
Film
Fantastic Four: First Steps (A Reed Richards Deep Dive)
Marvel's First Family have been invisible in the MCU thus far -- whether the goodwill toward Marvel would stretch to this adaptation was hotly debated, but here's the thing...
TV
Is Netflix's “Too Much”...too much?
Santiago explores why the new show from Lena Dunham may have overstayed its welcome.
Reviews
“Virgin” by Lorde, review
Santiago glows about the latest candid release from Pop's most introspective hitmaker.
TV
🇬🇧🇪🇸Squid Game, Season 3: Game Over
"While not everyone’s ending feels completely satisfactory, as a whole the season did a good job of resolving their unique conflicts, basking in the ability to make us mourn for characters we’ve had not one, but two entire seasons to get attached to..."
Film
Superman; the hard, gruelling, back-breaking work of being kind.
In an unprecedented run of films, James Gunn once again proves that the only way to win at making a comic book movie, is to actually make one.
Film
🇨🇦 To material or not to Materialists?
Our new contributor Anika gives us her tempered thoughts on the highly anticipated rom-dram.
Festivals
Best of Raindance Film Festival 2025
We crown the best of the fest, as decided by...well...us!
Film
DOPPELGÄNGERS³ | OBSCURAE @ SXSW London
A totally un-self-serious deep dive into the ethics of space travel via experts, underground caves and the exploration of ancestry.
Festivals
Shorts Programme: LGBTQIA+ 2 - HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak, Hands On, A Friend of Dorothy, Big Bass
Film
Shorts Programme: Animation | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
Birth Controlled, Percebes, Larval, Have I Swallowed Your Dreams, There Will Be No Other End
Festivals
Student Showcase HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
The filmmakers of the future, in their element (and some familiar names too!)