MOVIE

The Mastermind – first-look review
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
It’s difficult to say what truly motivates James Blaine Mooney (Josh O’Connor) to blow up his own life. Frustration, perhaps,

Resurrection – first-look review | Little White Lies
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
Bi Gan’s Resurrection opens with a title card that sets the scene for his third feature: we’re in a future where the

The Ballad Of Wallis Island review – relishes in…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
“No man is an island,” so goes the poem by John Donne, which was an idea resolutely rejected by Hugh

Along Came Love review – an intimately epic love…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
At a funeral, a character reads out the deceased’s favourite poem; it’s a blazing, lonely love poem that articulates the

The Ritual review – fails to scare, entertain or…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
The release of a new exorcism movie has become a rather mundane ritual, but the latest, unimaginatively named The Ritual,

Bogancloch review – film and landscape are as one
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
In his 2011 film Two Years at Sea, artist/filmmaker Ben Rivers decamped to Scottish wilds with his hand-cranked 16mm camera

Dangerous Animals review – why sharks? They’re…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
Near the beginning of Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals, Surfers Paradise local Moses (Josh Heuston) asks American free spirit Zephyr (Hassie

Falling Into Place review – Sally Rooney-core for…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
Someone has been reading a little too much Sally Rooney, and that someone is director/writer and star Aylin Tezel, whose

The Encampments review – inspiring portrait of…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
With documentaries exploring very recent events, filmmakers can source all the relevant footage and interviews needed in a short period

Introducing… La Dolce Vita: A Celebration of…
- By West virginia digital
- . June 6, 2025
To celebrate Disaronno’s 500-year anniversary*, we’ve teamed up with the iconic Italian liqueur makers to bring you an extra special