All articles by Nikki Baughan
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Reviews‘Shelter’ review: Jason Statham is a killer with a conscience in muscular UK-set actioner
Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Bodhi Rae Breathnach also star for director Ric Roman Waugh
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Reviews‘Frank & Louis’ review: Petra Volpe follows ‘Late Shift’ with authentic English-language prison drama
Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan head intimate story of a dementia care programme in a US prison
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Reviews‘Undertone’ review: A podcaster hears something haunting in immersive Canadian horror
Nina Kiri stars in Ian Tuason’s impressive debut, which bows in Sundance Midnight
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Reviews‘Saccharine’ review: Natalie Erika James follows ‘Relic’ with effective weight loss body horror
Midori Francis impresses as a medical student going to extreme lengths for the perfect body
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Reviews‘Public Access’ review: Fascinating study of US community TV boom exec-produced by Benny Safdie
David Shadrack Smith’s Sundance title uses archive footage to recall the glory days of public access television
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Reviews‘Extra Geography’ review: Two teen girls attempt to learn the language of love in uneven UK debut
Molly Manners’ boarding school drama is based on a short story by Rose Tremain
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Reviews‘The Incomer’ review: Domhnall Gleeson seeks common ground in quirky Scottish comedy
Louis Paxton’s debut feature makes the most of its remote Scottish island setting
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FeaturesSeven Oscar nominations talking points: voters love international, Warner Bros soars and ‘Wicked 2’ sinks
The steadily increasing international outlook of the US Academy Awards has been confirmed once again.
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Reviews‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ review: Jack O’Connell, Ralph Fiennes fuel blistering horror
Nia DaCosta confidently takes the reigns for bold, brutal instalment of the longstanding horror franchise
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Reviews‘Becoming Victoria Wood’ review: Tender doc celebrates talent and tenacity of pioneering UK comic
Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Maxine Peake are among friends and colleagues paying tribute to Wood’s comedy genius
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2025: Nikki Baughan
Nikki Baughan is Screen International’s reviews editor.
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Reviews‘The Housemaid’ review: Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney play dirty in schlocky adaptation
Paul Feig directs a dull, style-over-substance adaptation of Freida McFadden’s viral novel
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Reviews‘Goodbye June’ review: Helen Mirren and impressive cast ground Kate Winslet’s sentimental debut
Mirren and Winslet star alongside Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall in Netflix tear-jerker
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Reviews‘Mailin’ review: Lyrical Argentinian doc explores the nature of memory in the aftermath of abuse
Maria Silvia Esteve’s visceral second feature makes its bow in IDFA competition
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Reviews‘Testimony’ review: Raw, defiant doc gives voice to survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries
Director Aoife Kelleher follows attempts to bring real and lasting justice to the women involved
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Reviews‘Keeper’ review: Osgood Perkins cabin-in-the-woods chiller is more style than substance
Tatiana Maslany gives an impressive performance in the director’s follow-up to ’Longlegs’ and ’The Monkey’
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Reviews‘The Running Man’ review: Edgar Wright’s bombastic Stephen King adaptation doesn’t go the distance
Glen Powell, Josh Brolin and Colman Domingo star in Wright’s underpowered dystopian actioner
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Reviews‘Belen’ review: Director/star Dolores Fonzi turns real-life Argentinian case into powerful feminist drama
Fonzi’s stirring dramatisation of the 2016 Belen abortion case has been chosen as Argentina’s official Oscar submission
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Reviews‘Kenny Dalglish’ review: Asif Kapadia’s affectionate footballer doc should have wide appeal
The film is made up of archive footage and narrated by former Liverpool player/manager Dalglish himself
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Reviews‘Super Nature’ review: Impactful Super 8 natural world doc exec-produced by Asif Kapadia
Ed Sayers’ feature documentary features Super 8 footage from contributors in 25 countries