Tag: isolation

  • The Last House (2026) Review – No Way Out

    The Last House (2026) Review – No Way Out

    In one sentence: A family wakes to find every door and window of their home mysteriously sealed, leaving them trapped inside as an unknown danger waits beyond the walls. In many ways, the COVID lockdowns feel like a lifetime ago, yet certain memories can make them feel like yesterday. For most of us, being confined…

  • Die My Love (2025) Review – A Portrait of Postpartum Descent

    Die My Love (2025) Review – A Portrait of Postpartum Descent

    In one sentence: Die My Love presents a new mother’s descent into postnatal depression and psychosis that is intensified by isolation, dislocation and the emotional fallout of motherhood. We are often told that becoming a mother is transformative in the best possible way, but cinema rarely explores what happens when that transformation is destructive rather…