The Death of Stalin

For a film centred around the untimely demise of one of history’s most notorious dictators, Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin does a surprisingly good job of presenting the violence-ridden power struggle as something of a Shakespearean farce. The story itself is a simple one: a leader dies suddenly,...

As the winds get chillier and the days shorter, October brings with it a slew of horror movies in the run up to Halloween. Among them, is the typical ‘friends go to a forest (always a good idea) where a menacing creature awaits’ storyline in The Ritual. The Saw...