Praised to death by critics and fans alike Pan’s Labyrinth has become the If You’re Feeling Sinister of the movie world. Both of these may be great works, but the febrile twee hysteria that has greeted them is enough to put anybody off. At least in the case of Belle and Sebastian, that album is truly their most accomplished. Not so in the case of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth.
Review by Virginie Sélavy

Where animators extraordinaire the Brothers Quay talk about dream states, Cameroonian ants, Argentine literature and the frustrations that come from being under pressure to make a more accessible film.
Interview by Virginie Sélavy

The Schla-la-las are five sassy London girls with fabulous matching outfits and boisterous punk-pop tunes harking back to classic sixties girl groups but with fuzzier guitars and shouty vocals. Here they pick their ten all-time favourite films!

Is it not indeed because Peeping Tom is a relentless study of human terror, a chilling foray into our deepest, most intimate fears that it is so disturbing? ‘Do you know what the most frightening thing in the world is?’ asks Mark. ‘It’s fear’. We, the audience, stand back in shock, forced to face the profound nature of our own fear.
Essay by Virginie Sélavy