Stephen A Russell

Hello Dankness mainlines over 550 sources, with thousands more on the cutting room floor.

“The church was the first cinema of horror, in a strange way.”

As the Sydney Film Festival wraps, we count down the top 10 pics to add to your watchlist.

Brandon Cronenberg’s latest is “almost anarchistic in a way. It’s just so out there.”

“Certain actors just burn through the screen, and Mia is the perfect example,” the body-horror scion tells us.

The magnificent Idris Elba is at the top of his game in a role that’s tailor-made for him.

Succession director Mark Mylod casts an impeccably sneering Ralph Fiennes in full Phantom Thread egomaniac mode.

James Gray’s all-star ensemble feels as if it’s stumbling through the first table read.

The Scottish talent has to be one of the most skilled swearers working today, and can sometimes be downright chilling.

It’s been a mighty year for fantasy fans, but which big franchise’s season one finale won them over?

You’ll kick yourself screaming if you miss this spooky onslaught of fresh, must-see monsters.

Billy Eichner’s queer rom-com is wildly funny and unapologetically sex-positive.

All the queer academics, filmmakers, and drag queens interviewed in this fabulous four-parter find sanctuary in scary.

The opening episodes of The Rings of Power have just the right amount of swashbuckling and plotting.

How do you take on a task as big as adapting Lord of the Rings, for the most expensive TV series ever made?

The master of unsettlingly body horror returns, with a future in which organ removal is performance art.

Expect Borgs, Klingons, Romulans, the Starfleet Academy and the most iconic bald scalp in the galaxy.