The best role model for a girl child is a witch. This is true. Nowhere else in film is so solely the preserve of excellent, kick-ass ladies; no other character trope so thoroughly and utterly dominated by clever, fierce, complicated women who get things done and get them done their way. And they are funny. And they are cool. And they dress well. And they are- some of them- pretty brilliantly evil, proper villains, proper, Halloweeny, haunty villains worth fighting. There’s something to aim for, girl-children, on this Halloween night: be worth fighting. The best role model for a girl child is a witch, and here are five of our favourites.

If you were at our last Best For Film Presents… film night, then you’re already familiar with the prolific and charming writer-director Aaron Weight. If you’re not, here’s your chance! In this exclusive glimpse into the life of an indie filmmaker, Aaron takes us through his creative process from notebook to premiere.

The UK has just been hit by the world’s least impressive storm, and it’s got us thinking about some tempests that actually delivered on their promises. And, obviously, they’re all in films – why is real life never as good?

All Hallows’ Eve approaches, and as usual we’ve been scouring the web for the very best of this year’s spooky film events. From screenings in a church to journeys into the history of horror, read on for our top five film-based Hallowe’en nights out.

As franchise after awful young adult franchise racks up millions at the box office, the race is on to option the next promising book series. But who paid the most for their silver screen goldmines? New research by Withers & Rogers reveals the cold hard numbers behind the hype.

Along with the rest of the country, we’ve been poleaxed by the news that [SPOILERS] Frances won last night’s Great British Bake Off final ahead of Ruby and Kimberley, both of whom have consistently baked her into a cocked hat for the last two months. If such a miscarriage of yeasty justice can be allowed to occur on the Beeb, then where does it end? Well, with this blog.

Hallowe’en is upon us! Sort of. I’d like to say that’s the reason I decided upon a rewatch of Wes Craven’s Scream, but really I’d been wanting to for a while. I don’t even care about Hallowe’en. Though the film itself is overtly educational in the rules of surviving a horror, there are so many other subtleties to be garnered from this hormone-riddled nineties bloodbath.

Best For Film’s newest writer Carl Anka demolishes his BFF cherry with an essay on why film comedy has never been, and will never be, as good as it was in the 1980s. Contains borderline-diabetic levels of John Candy.

In the soon-to-hit-cinemas Thor: The Dark World, Christopher Eccleston is due to play Malekath the Accursed, Lord of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim (let’s hope that Svartalfheim has a north). In honour of this completely mad choice of villain, we’re heading into the Marvel vaults to find ten bad guys even more deserving of a starring role in the new films.

*Competition ends 17th November 2013* It’s time to meet a new generation of students as life at McKinley High continues with Glee: Season 4, out on DVD and Blu-Ray now…