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More than just ★★★★★ ratings.

  
Ones To Watch is our new review and recommendation section for mainstream and independent film. It is also a place for film discussion centred around classic cinema, with recommendations that every film fan should see! We provide information about films to discover and analysis of short films making major waves in the film community. Every week, we add new favourites to our curated collection of staff picks. Visit our Vimeo channel to watch our short film picks first! Join the conversation.

 

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Ones To Watch
BLUE VELVET: Lynch’s Finest Hour
Posted On May 14, 2018 Joe Temple 4 min read

From the moment those velvet curtains are lifted and we descend into the painfully idyllic suburbs, it is clear that …
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A Capra Classic
Posted On May 13, 2018 Joe Temple 4 min read

Reflecting upon Frank Capra 1946 Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life!, one can see how the arguably overbearing sentiment and contradictory …
Ones To Watch
AMERICAN BEAUTY: A Suburban Satire
Posted On May 13, 2018 Joe Temple 4 min read

“I feel like I’ve been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I’m just now waking up.” These are …
Ones To Watch
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: A Dark Side to Suburbia
Posted On May 1, 2018 Joe Temple 4 min read

David Cronenberg’s psychological thriller, A History of Violence (2005), treats violence as a form of inherited disease infecting and permeating …
Editor's Picks Ones To Watch
SEVEN SAMURAI: The Original Guide to Cinematic Storytelling
Posted On April 1, 2018 Staff 2 min read

Ahead of an imminent raid from vicious bandits, a small village of farmers in 16th Century Japan look to recruit …
World Cinema Ones To Watch
I AM NOT A WITCH: A New Spell on Satire
Posted On March 29, 2018 Freddie Van Der Velde 3 min read

Despite the absurd humour scattered throughout the narrative, I Am Not A Witch hints at a banal, insidious and heartbreaking …
Ones To Watch
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: Classic Spielberg Sci-Fi
Posted On March 20, 2018 Lee Brown 2 min read

Steven Spielberg had already made his mark with Jaws – the first summer blockbuster. Due to the success of this film, Spielberg …
Ones To Watch
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: The Magic of a Knockout Script
Posted On March 1, 2018 Paul Laight 3 min read

A highly emotional human drama which contains some incredible characterization, dialogue and zinging one-liners which bounce off the page and …