All articles by Anton Bitel
The Hand of God leaves viewers to sort autobiography from fabrication
Paolo Sorrentino returns to Naples for a dreamlike experiment in pseudo-memoir that is at once outlandish and tragic.
By Anton Bitel
Lost souls: faith and the occult in the Cult strand at LFF
By Anton Bitel
Demonic exorcises psychodramatic fears through virtual reality
By Anton Bitel
Rituals and cycles of grief: 10 picks from FrightFest 2021
By Anton Bitel
Jumbo takes a theme park worker on a rollercoaster romance
By Anton Bitel
“I wanted to make something that fits the moment”: Ben Wheatley on In the Earth
By Anton Bitel
A Quiet Place Part II continues the Abbott family’s fight for survival
By Anton Bitel
Apples is a memorably deadpan take on the will to forget
By Anton Bitel
Possessor sends Andrea Riseborough out of her mind
By Anton Bitel
Relic finds fear in a labyrinthine house of horrors – and in intergenerational illness
By Anton Bitel
Horror islands: seven British domestic shockers (and an American special case) at Halloween FrightFest 2020
By Anton Bitel
The Haunting of Bly Manor review: Bly’s spirits bring the haunted manor back to life
By Anton Bitel
She Dies Tomorrow sends Kate Lyn Sheil’s death drive viral
By Anton Bitel
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
Variations on the woman in trouble at Arrow Video FrightFest 2020
By Anton Bitel
The Vigil review: Orthodox Jews haunted by their histories
By Anton Bitel
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants review: a compassionate story of the healing power of kink
By Anton Bitel
Just Mercy review: Michael B. Jordan fights rough justice and racism in Alabama
By Anton Bitel
The Courier review: Olga Kurylenko’s biker delivers exploitation thrills and kills
By Anton Bitel
The Gentlemen review: gangsters and toffs cavort in Guy Ritchie’s cheeky caper
By Anton Bitel
To Baltic Russians with love: Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival looks East
By Anton Bitel
Judy & Punch review: a larger-than-life battle of the sexes in a timeless funfair world
By Anton Bitel
Candy, corny, culty: Arrow Video FrightFest Halloween All-Dayer 2019
By Anton Bitel
Gemini Man review: two killer Will Smiths face off
By Anton Bitel