Letter from the Editor
A word from our Editor in Chief | TIFF50
It's like I never left.
Umnia El-Neil
Umnia El-Neil is a British-Sudanese culture opinion writer and Shonda Rhimes TGIT Graduate.
Film
Hamlet | TIFF 50
“And the Academy Award for Best Actor goes to…Riz Ahmed, Hamlet!”
Festivals
Blue Moon: Hart-break | TIFF 50
The eternal heartbreak of the flamboyant Bi+ man, cursed to be misunderstood by the world, and left in his troubles alone.
Film
The Cut: Sleeper Punch
One of the most intense and surprising psychological thrillers I've witnessed to this year, Orlando Bloom puts in the performance of his career with a stacked cast and a categorically terrifying script.
On the Boob | Walthamstow Fringe
An earnest and fantastical portrait of a woman wrestling motherhood with both hands.
Film
Caught Stealing: Kind of gorgeous, actually.
Though this isn't anywhere near a calm film, Butler's unexpectedly layered performance shone highlights and meaning into what could have been a very old format of filmmaking.
TV
Hopecore: The Bear just had it's best season yet
In one of the most sentimental (and calm) seasons of the show, all the pieces, and peaces, start falling into place.
Film
Half-Time: Best of 2025 so far
35 Projects across Film, TV and Music - how many have you witnessed?
Festivals
TIFF50 Preview
The films we're scouting for you from the People's Festival
Film
🇬🇧Materialists: "You're Perfect." (Spoilers)
A screed against cynicism, Celine Song set herself the mission of rationalising irrationality - and mounting a 360 degree critique of rationality itself.
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor
OBSCURAE has had a blockbuster 5 months since our relaunch, and I couldn't be prouder of what we've achieved.
Film
Fantastic Four: First Steps (A Reed Richards Deep Dive)
Marvel's First Family have been invisible in the MCU thus far -- whether the goodwill toward Marvel would stretch to this adaptation was hotly debated, but here's the thing...