By Orla Smith. While at Cannes the Netflix logo that precedes Okja was met with boos, it's difficult to imagine that this bizarre, absurdist super-pig film would be with us at all without the multi-billion dollar company. It's a shame that a film of this scale, with this amount of rambunctious

By Orla Smith. Particularly in this golden age of television, when it would be unfair to assume a TV show may have less cinematic value than any given film, the boundaries between mediums are steadily becoming more and more blurred. What even is a film? Earlier this year, the Oscars decided that

By Orla Smith. Not to be dramatic, but Modern Life is Rubbish is one of the worst films I've ever seen. Not that I seek out bad films like someone with a death wish, but I've done my time - I saw Grace of Monaco, Assassin's Creed and Dracula Untold. I

By Orla Smith. The 71st Edinburgh Film Festival started with a simmer rather than a bang. Yorkshire set drama God's Own Country opened this year's festival, and those who see the film continue to be taken aback by it. It's quite an accomplishment for a tiny movie with a first time

By Last Caress. A Good Day to Die: Hoka Hey, the documentary by Harold Monfils chronicling the work of war photographer Jason P. Howe begins with Jason jumping out of a Chinook helicopter with a squadron of British soldiers into Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in November 2011. They immediately have to traverse