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BAFTA 2025: Full Nomination List For The EE British Academy Film Awards

The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards nominations have been announced, and it’s great to see Irish film, Kneecap has done incredibly well, scoring a strong six nominations. Directed by Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap has not only broken box office records but [...]

January 19, 2025

A Symphony Of Horror: The Legacy Of F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU

Released in December 2024, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu has been a break-out hit, garnering not only art-house critical acclaim but also strong box office – where it has made over $90 million in the U.S. and more than $140 million worldwide. [...]

January 19, 2025

Longlist For The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Another year brings another EE BAFTA Awards. The 2025 ceremony, which will be hosted by David Tennant will take place on Sunday, 16 February. The long list for this year has been announced – and it’s a pretty eclectic set of films. Who [...]

January 4, 2025

Podcast – Episode 38: Writer & Visual Artist Jaylan Salah On Horror

Writer, film critic and visual artist Jaylan Salah joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. A woman of many talents, Jaylan is a passionate film lover with a keen insight into multiple genres. Delving deep into what frightens her, Jaylan [...]

September 2, 2023

Trailer & Poster: THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Finally Sails Into Port

The Last Voyage of The Demeter tells the tale of the ship (The Demeter) that brought Dracula to England from Carpathia in Bram Stoker’s legendary 1897 novel. It’s based on the chapter, The Captain’s Log, The film has had a very long and [...]

April 16, 2023

Review: George A. Romero’s Cult Vampire Horror MARTIN

Writer/Director George A. Romero will forever be associated with zombie films. After all, he did kick-start the never-dying horror sub-genre with 1968’s The Night Of The Living Dead before cementing his status as the ‘Dad of The Dead’ [...]

March 19, 2023

100 Years Of NOSFERATU: F.W. Murnau’s Legendary Vampire Film Back On The Big Screen In 2022

F. W. Murnau’s silent masterpiece, Nosferatu turns 100 in 2022. Unofficially based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Murnau’s film sees Max Shreck’s vampire, Count Orlock as he becomes involved with estate agent, Thomas Hutter (Gustav von [...]

February 24, 2022

Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween

October is when the nights get darker and more mysterious. It’s the month when people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies as Halloween approaches. Movies In Focus has put together a list of [...]

October 2, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Jennifer Kent’s THE BABADOOK Is A Modern Horror Classic

Jennifer Kent’s 2014 film, The Babadook draws on the rich history of horror cinema, delivering thoughtful scares and strong imagery to create one of the finest genre films in recent years. Even, William Friedkin, the director of The [...]

July 1, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement’s WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

What We Do In The Shadows is a 2014 comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. The ‘mockumentary’ follows the lives of four vampires: Viago (Waiyiti), Vladislav (Clement), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and Petyr (Ben Fransham) [...]

June 22, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Schulze’s MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

In 2011 director Douglas Schulze unleashed Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The living Dead and remixed it. The plot saw a group of demented horror fans using the plot of Romero’s classic [...]

February 4, 2021

The Bat, The Cat & The Director: Tim Burton Directs Michael Keaton & Michelle Pfeiffer On The Set Of BATMAN RETURNS

Movies In Focus would argue that 1992’s Batman Returns is the best Batman movie. It may or may not be the case, but it’s a film with strong visuals and sense of tone. Michael Keaton returned as Batman, Danny DeVito and Michelle [...]

November 3, 2020

25 Great Horror Movies To Watch This October

October is the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies in the lead-up to Halloween. Movies In Focus has put together a list of 25 great horror movies. Some of them are classics films and others [...]

October 4, 2020

Clip From Forthcoming Horror Movie Remix MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

Movies In Focus really enjoyed director Douglas Schulze’s Mimesis: Nosferatu when I caught it back in 2018. It’s a sequel to 2011’s Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The [...]

September 12, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: F.W. Murnau’s TABU – A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS

F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) died days before the release of Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas, a shame because it would have led to a whole new chapter in the German director’s career. This 1931 film follows the plight of two young lovers in the South [...]

September 9, 2020