Reviews
Cottontail
Beautiful Anglo-Japanese debut sees a Tokyo widower adrift in Cumbria with his wife’s ashes
Richard Dawson
End Of The Middle
Treat yourself to the wool-gathering whimsy of Mr Dawson this Valentine’s Day
Elevation
Mountainous post-apocalyptic thriller is made with genre smarts but displays its influences like open wounds
Isabella Strange
Slick Git EP
Edinburgh band find the sweet spot between caustic and catchy on their debut release
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
Simple but hugely effective supernatural drama sandblasts all the sentiment from the coming of age narrative
Khartoum
Vital and inspiring first-person perspectives on a war that is in danger of being forgotten
Mogwai
The Big Fire
After the three decades, the legendary band find new inspiration in hellish soundscapes
GEN_
Sober but quietly moving documentary of a maverick doctor operating on the edges of populist Italy
Grafted
Impressive skin-peeling body horror debut wears the faces of a thousand influences to good effect
Into the Deep
Yet another dull and generic shark attack flick that barely deserves to swim in the same waters as Jaws: The Revenge
The Girl in the Pool
Former heart throb becomes possible heart attack in passable single-location thriller