I have to admire the sheer twisted and relentless commitment to the bit here, the compositions, Inde Navarrette bathed in shadow, jerky movements, standing in the corner of the room. Just a relentless bombardment of tension. The part where she speaks from within herself, the body as a shell holding her captive while sleeping, was amazing. Also the smashing of one's head against things trend in horror is an interesting one, perhaps some subconscious feeling we are all having, or…

Watched my own feature today for the first time in the cinema since its world premiere at Fantastic Fest. It was a screening at the Genesis Cinema, hosted by Straight8, a Super 8 competition I’ve been involved with since I made my short film Satan’s Bite ( which they actually screened before the feature). What follows are some of the thoughts that came to me while I was watching it...

After a fairly long period of avoiding watching it, I…

Exploring this topic through the lens of extremist settlers and clearly showing how closely their ideology aligns with the Israeli government was very productive. It’s also undeniable that Palestinians have been living under occupation, facing military rule and harassment and have been completely de-humanised which is the real context needed to properly understand the events of October 7th. Louis did a good job here, and I feel the film will break through to the average BBC viewer more effectively than…