The Little Mysteries in TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN
In his latest essay, Owen Hiscock takes a look at the multitude of mysteries embedded in Twin Peaks: The Return
Does It Matter How You Watch THE IRISHMAN?
In his perspective article, Owen Hiscock debates the controversy surrounding the way The Irishman should be watched
Bo Burnham: Inside
Bo Burnham: Inside is a work of such intense genius and artistic merit that it - and Bo himself - deserve to be talked about for decades
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Mike Flanagan's long-awaited follow-up to The Haunting of Hill House is worthwhile and chilling to the bones,
Away
Despite multiple shortcomings, Away is not necessarily a waste of time
The Boys - Season 2 EP5 ‘We Gotta Go Now’
All in all, this is another entertaining episode of The Boys
The Boys - Season 2 EP4 ‘Nothing Like It in the World’
Plot reveals are unexpected but still feel justified and worth going in blind for
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
The Naked King may aim to inform, or even to entertain. Instead, it just feels like sitting through a rambling from your grandparents
Hamilton
For three-quarters of these songs, one will be treated, at least in some capacity, to Miranda's trauma-inducing warbling
RAN: The Shades of Good and Evil Found in Akira Kurosawa's Masterpiece
Owen Hiscock examines and explores the shades of good and evil found in works of Akira Kurosawa's Ran and William Shakespeare’s King Lear
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Blood Machines
The long-awaited Kickstarter project Blood Machines is a visual banquet
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - Little Miss Westie
As documentaries go, one would be hard-pressed to find a subject more microcosmic in scale than Little Miss Westie - a tale of one family, two transgender siblings and their development as a whole over time
Dump months: A Uniquely American Phenomenon
Writer Owen Hiscock takes a look at the Unique Phenomenon known as Dump Months
Owen Hiscock's BEST OF 2019
His Dark Materials - Episode 6: The Daemon-Cages
His Dark Materials has come into its own with the most action-heavy episode yet
Let It Snow
One of the most pleasant surprises in NETFLIX’s dishearteningly bad Christmas movie stocking this year is Let It Snow
His Dark Materials - Episode 5: The Lost Boy
His Dark Materials has often felt like it has been coasting on the edge of greatness, with almost every individual aspect successful in its own right but never successfully marrying them all together to create a cohesive whole
The Hangover and Joker: The comedic evolution of Todd Phillips
Does Joker really share a significant enough number of traits with Phillips's precursory work for it to be considered a natural progression?