Unpredictable, unsettling and sometimes excruciating viewing, Tirza is nevertheless a deeply affecting account of one man’s descent into despair. Seeming at first to be a simple tale of a father’s search for his lost daughter, Tirza quickly becomes an uncomfortably dark exploration of parenthood, sexuality and the need to feel wanted. Director Rudolf van den Berg’s confident handle on the many layered plot means that we never lose faith in the story, however much we begin to question our increasingly unreliable narrator…

In London this thursday? Apollo Cinemas is screening the operatic film Carmen in 3D. If you fancy ruffles and ribbons of blood aplenty, enter our competition NOW to win a pair of tickets! Winners notified Thursday morning…

‘Nevermore’, cried Poe’s raven. Something of a film critic, he was talking of the glut of vampire films in 2010. Will our grumpy naysayer feel the same way the same of upcoming superhero films this year? You decide. We cherry-pick 10 superhero films to see in 2011…

Anthony Hopkins and some chap you’ve never heard of star in a film which is stuck halfway between psychological thriller and demon-haunted horror. Solid performances and a refreshing rejection of SFX go some way towards redeeming this confused, lumpen effort, but it’s still a long way from being welcomed into the divine presence.

Edward Norton stars with… Edward Norton in the comedy thriller Leaves of Grass, out on DVD on 21 February 2011 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. We have 3 DVDs to give away! Competition ends 21 March 2011

The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9, directed by Jake Armstrong, is a madly cool animated short film that will make you gulp back your man tears in a testosteroneous way. Are you ready for our monstrously cute short film of the week?

When a British actor and his girlfriend are released by Chechen rebels after a failed ransom attempt, they enlist the aid of a Chechen captive and the Russian military to go back and wage all-out war on their captors. Raarrr! we have 3 DVDs of War by cult director Balabnov to give away!

Multiple award-winning The Big Thing is a witty little take on the story of Adam and Eve and thanks to a chance meeting in 18th century Paris it has possibly the most lush production values in short film history. Peruse it now!

Cuckoo is a creepy, claustrophic thriller with rave reviews starring Richard E. Grant as a professor who wants his employee Polly and will do anything to get her. We have 5 DVDs – count em – to give away! Competition ends 16 March 2011

Two households, both alike in dignity/ In fair Verona, where we lay our scene/ From ancient grudge break to new mutiny/ Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean/ From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/ A pair of star-cross’d GNOMES IT’S ALL BLOODY GNOMES AAARGH.