Past Life had its world première at Grimmest, 9th Oct 2025 “Syria, six years ago,” reads the text that opens Simeon Halligan’s Past Life, as we are shown a harrowing sequence in which journalist Jason Frey (Aneurin Barnard), abducted by Islamic State, sees his own left hand being crushed with a mallet before he is…
Habit first published by Sight & Sound, August 2018 Review: Adapted by Simeon Halligan from Stephen McGeagh’s 2012 novel, Habit follows the template established by Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) of starting off as one kind of film before jumping the genre border – in a sex club – at the halfway point. Even…
Review first published by Grolsch FilmWorks “It was Peel House, not really a castle, more of a fortification. It was the site of atrocious battle between the Scots and the English at some point”. Local estate agent Flo (Joanne Mitchell) is describing to English couple Sarah (Pollyanna McIntosh) and Ed (Lee Williams) what once lay…