Phil Tippett’s Mad God opens with a age from Leviticus. It closes with a monstrous cuckoo clock chiming the hour. In between, this stop-motion oddity features a world of dreams and nightmares highlighting a clear craftsman at work.

It’s difficult to articulate what exactly Mad God is about, the film lacking a coherent or detailed narrative in any real sense. Instead, it’s more akin to an experimental or avant-garde mood piece than it is a traditional narrative film. We follow,…

A brutal corrective for the post-Heath Ledger Joker worship, Joker: Folie a Deux addresses the uneasy glorification of a character we need to recognise is not the answer to real-world societal concerns. I completely understand the backlash it's receiving. This isn't the film hardcore Joker fans want, but it may be the one they deserve. When a man bursts into song, he's crazy - hence the perhaps unjustified suprrise at the film's musical tendencies (let's not forget the first film's…