Jake Davey

This disturbing love letter to the “old ways” of filmmaking has Defoe and Pattinson at their best. Claustrophobic and expansive in equal measure, it unnerves and liberated the viewer simultaneously. Certainly one of the finest films of the last ten years.

Always pleasurable to see Nicholas Cage in a serious role. Themes of the importance of food (or more broadly art) on our lives and how institutionalisation threatens our food/art culture are welcome and well explored. The criminal ring element feels tenuous rather than eccentric, but the bitter-sweet ending surprises and shows Pig is not concerned with Hollywood tropes.

A visually stunning film that deals with subjects such as mercy and honour through a reimagined tale of Sir Gawain. Plenty is left unsaid to compliment the excellent soft world-building. Those seeking a Game of Thrones style medieval combat-fest be warned, this is a slow moving art film.