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If Sir Kid Starver likes you, you need to take a long hard look at yourself. If he finds you 'intolerable', that's badge of honour stuff.

I hope you are right!

The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Slop Machine One of the excuses proponents of AI ‘art’ fall back on is that what their plagiarism is just a continuation of creators ‘stealing’ each other’s ideas. But that misrepresents the cycle of feedback w…

The ##Gorillaz short film for #TheMountain shows the difference between cultural regeneration, and AI plagiarism.

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Sadly, there's zero chance this ends up anywhere but tech bro mansions, and maybe the most expensive care homes.

To be, or not to be As Hamnet reduces audiences to floods of tears in the run-up to the 2026 Oscars ceremony, I must admit I was wrong to write it off as another award-season-by-numbers grind. It is a stunning piece o…

If we are to take arms against a sea of troubles, we must remain connected to the loves and losses which inspire us. indyfilmlibrary.com/2026/02/23/t...

#hamnet #review #filmsky #oscars #Shakespeare #hamlet

Pretty stunning, considering what the BBC DID decide to air on the same night...

It's time to abolish the Monarchy.

But if you go down that route, you end up asking questions about the whole set-up that are very uncomfortable, so I guess he's just Mountbatten-Windsor now...

The idea "oh no, his actions are unbecoming of a prince" is absolute nonsense. Look at the history of monarchies anywhere and you soon realise Andrew behaved exactly as princes have done for hundreds of years, with absolute impunity.

Prince Andrew is still a prince. Calling him Mountbatten-Windsor is an ideological sleight of hand. Dropping the title allows the establishment to distance themselves from him - but everything he did was enabled by power and privilege afforded to him by the monarchy and the British state.

Cost of living crisis laid bare as almost half of Britons ‘have £25 at end of week’ Exclusive: Majority of UK adults forced to make difficult choices, with almost two-thirds found to be cutting back on essentials like food and heating

Cost of living crisis laid bare as almost half of Britons ‘have under £25 left at end of week’.

Real average wage unchanged since 2008.

24m Britons live below minimum living standard.

Poverty doesn't provide economic growth, justice, social stability.

Stuk/gemaakt [Broken/Healed] (2025) – 1.5 stars Director: Richard Dijkema Writer: Richard Dijkema Cast: Carlijn van Rij, Joy Douglas Running time: 45mins Not every filmmaker discloses how much their production costs when they submit a film to Indy Film Library. But of those who do, since 2019, we have given 14 films with a production budget under €10,000 a 4.5 or 5-star review. In the last two years, that has included some really breathtaking projects, like…

"A story in which someone resolves that her horrific memories would be in some way necessary in order to help other people, is a sacrificial trope which will likely make some viewers feel very uncomfortable."

This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"

#HeritageFoundation #Project2025

Little Bigfoot II: One for the family? When I was gifted both parts of the Little Bigfoot saga this Christmas, I was expecting a couple of cheap laughs at the movies' expense - and then to move on. But while the first film certainly delivers on that front - the second seems to deliver something completely unexpected: a legitimately funny introduction to B-movie schlock for all the family.

Little Bigfoot II: One for the family?

When I was gifted both parts of the Little Bigfoot saga this Christmas, I was expecting a couple of cheap laughs at the movies' expense - and then to move on. But while the first film certainly delivers on that front - the second seems to deliver something…

This is such an amazing piece.

Newcastle’s Saudi vision is shrouded in bleak suspicion and unfulfilled promises | Jonathan Liew Vivid dreamscape sold to fans in 2021 is yet to materialise amid layers upon layers of economics and geopolitics

Jonathan Liew remains the finest UK sports journalist. A generational writing talent. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Saturday Matinees Preview: Adas Falasteen [Palestine Lentils] (2024) Directors: Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini & Samar Taher Lulu Running time: 8mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to, that can make granting waivers difficult. Stories told by artists working on a shoe-string budget, or who are hit by censorship, or subjected to international sanctions, still need a platform, though.

I pray that once you’ve seen this film, every time you sit down to a meal, you think of Chef Khalil AlNajjar, and those barrels of lentils. Not just food, but hope.
#dontstoptalkingaboutpalestine #filmsky #moviereview #gaza

The Last Rehearsal (2025) – 4 stars Director: Carling Enstzen Writer: Carling Enstzen Cast: Carl Welch, Vivien Monory, Vanessa Bailey, Carling Ernstzen, Byron Lyons Running time: 19mins The weight of our own mortality can be leave us feeling paralysed; a deer staring blankly into the headlights of oblivion. The Last Rehearsal does something wonderful, in trying to shake us out of our frozen state – with the humble reminder that while none of us can dodge death, that’s not what living is anyway.

The Last Rehearsal (2025) – 4 stars

Director: Carling Enstzen Writer: Carling Enstzen Cast: Carl Welch, Vivien Monory, Vanessa Bailey, Carling Ernstzen, Byron Lyons Running time: 19mins The weight of our own mortality can be leave us feeling paralysed; a deer staring blankly into the headlights of…

Something’s wrong with Primate Primate is one of the worst creature features I have ever seen. Before we get into the 'analysis' segment, I am not mincing words, because I am well aware that the film has a bizarrely inflated critical score on Rotten Tomatoes et al. But whatever the producers did to cow their tame critics on this occasion, you should not let the targeted marketing around this movie tempt you into paying to see it.

Primate is one of the worst creature features I have ever seen. Before we get into the 'analysis' segment, I am not mincing words, because I am well aware that the film has a bizarrely inflated critical score on Rotten Tomatoes et al.
#primate #moviereview #chimpattack #creaturefeature #horror

Saturday Matinees Preview: Immigrant (2025) Director: Nilram Ranjbar Running time: 2mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to, that can make granting waivers difficult. Stories told by artists working on a shoe-string budget, or who are hit by censorship, or subjected to international sanctions, still need a platform, though.

Saturday Matinees Preview: Immigrant (2025)

Director: Nilram Ranjbar Running time: 2mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to,…

Missing Meaning (2024) – Unrated Director: Vasco Diogo Running time: 9mins We are more than three years down the line, and umpteen alleged upgrades into the various AI tools that were said to be ushering in a new era of content creation in 2023. The imagery the technology weaves together (out of pre-existing, usually non-consenting work by real human artists) has apparently come along…

Missing Meaning (2024) – Unrated

Director: Vasco Diogo Running time: 9mins We are more than three years down the line, and umpteen alleged upgrades into the various AI tools that were said to be ushering in a new era of content creation in 2023. The imagery the technology weaves together (out of…

Sleep Stalker (2026) – 3 stars Director: Niven Wilson Cast: Nils Wilson Running time: 4mins Niven Wilson’s second return to Indy Film Library will divide opinion. Those who have seen his last two efforts will probably say that’s on-brand. But while Don’t Shoot the President and Eat the Rich were experimental, Sleep Stalker walks a fine line between experimental filmmaking, and experimenting with filmmaking. Making a film as a proof of concept – or even simply as the testing ground of one particular idea you might want to flesh out later – is a risky business.

Even if Sleep Stalker feels a little rough and ready as Wilson adapts his process to live action, this is still an experiment that is worth a watch in its own right – never mind as part of some greater whole, which I excitedly await.
#sleepstalker #moviereview #experimental #horror

Saturday Matinees Preview: Cats (2025) Director: Danilo Stanimirović Writers: Danilo Stanimirović & Irena Parezanović Cast: Sergej Totić, Jovana Stević, Ivan Tomić, Milica Cimeša Running time: 13mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to, that can make granting waivers difficult.

Saturday Matinees Preview: Cats (2025)

Director: Danilo Stanimirović Writers: Danilo Stanimirović & Irena Parezanović Cast: Sergej Totić, Jovana Stević, Ivan Tomić, Milica Cimeša Running time: 13mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit.…

Glock ’45: The Movie – 4 stars Director: Lisa Hukker Running time: 33mins Glock ’45: The Movie is a film of contradictions. It sets out to peel back the layers of a hyper-theatrical country-satire outfit to tell the story of the people behind it; but leaves a host of important questions unanswered – or often unasked. It pledges to examine the moments when friendship and ambition clash; while ultimately presenting a frictionless world, where a potentially controversial musical act face only the most minimal of pushback.

Glock '45 will leave you grinning in spite of yourself; becoming increasingly invested in the jamming sessions which eventually yield the film’s climactic song; and rooting for the ensemble cast of artists and eccentrics that make up the band.

#filmsky #review #music #glock45

Keir Starmer has “played a blinder”. By which I mean he has poured powerful acid into both my eyes.

the EU could collapse the American entertainment industry by simply withholding the Skarsgards until Trump is deposed

Two, three, many Messiahs: Avatar: Fire and Ash challenges us to participate in our own salvation Reviews for the latest outing of James Cameron’s blockbusting franchise have been unkind – and perhaps say more about the critics than the film itself. If you liked parts one, and two, part three will still leave you longing for Pandora – and judging by the box office figures, that’s still a huge number of people. The Avatar franchise now accounts for three films, spanning 18 years, and raking in more than $7 billion in global box office receipts along the way – which is impressive, if you are into that sort of thing.

Two, three, many Messiahs: Avatar: Fire and Ash challenges us to participate in our own salvation

Reviews for the latest outing of James Cameron’s blockbusting franchise have been unkind – and perhaps say more about the critics than the film itself. If you liked parts one, and two, part three will…

Cheerleading the bombing of Venezuela already showed that.

After the famine, the feast, with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple After close to two decades of waiting, two 28 Days Later sequels have arrived in half a year. It’s a strange, stuffed release schedule, especially for two such different outings, and could have bac…

#TheBoneTemple is a good (not great) payoff to the set-ups from #28YearsLater. It lacks some of the invention and ambition of the first part, and couldn't work as a standalone in the same way. But still, the series is in a good place!

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