‘This dumb blonde ain’t nobody’s fool’: feminist lessons from Dolly Parton
"When all else fails, I just tell a boob joke."
Lenny Abrahamson Interview
Never one to stick to convention, Lenny Abrahamson’s self-proclaimed lack of homogeneity in his work is what has led him along his distinguished career...
Film School- Tales of Coming of Age
In the language of the Aymara, an indigenous South American nation, it is the future and not the past that lies behind you. The...
Jungle Fever: Back to Apocalypse Now
Very few films are as rewatchable as Apocalypse Now. Francis
Ford Coppola’s tale of Martin Sheen’s Captain Willard travelling upriver and
through war-torn Vietnam, to assassinate...
It: Chapter Two Review
The much-anticipated sequel to IT (2017) finally saw its cinematic release last weekend as the all-grown-up Losers’ Club return home to take on Pennywise...
A Hiatus for Fantasy?
Current twenty-year olds grew up watching adaptations of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth adventures on the Big Screen, reading Rowling’s Hogwarts shenanigans and dreaming of getting lost in Lewis’ Narnia.
Why a No-Deal Brexit could mean the end of British Film
But it’s independent British films that have the most to fear in the looming shadow of a no-deal Brexit. Most people working in the film industry voted against leaving altogether – why? Because the European Union massively supports creative industries in a way that our government alone either can’t or won't.
Funny before Fleabag- the best flawed female sitcom characters
Although seemingly it is a truth
universally acknowledged, we need to reiterate that Fleabag was one of
the best sitcoms broadcast in years. From its three-dimensional...
Lost in Vienna: Reencountering ‘The Third Man’
David Alexander provides a compelling case for the immortalisation of Carol Reed's film noir classic.
Vita and Virginia (2019)- Review
"...probably best left a source of nice stills and Pinterest GIFs."
Placing society’s margins under the microscope
The psychological and physical decay resulting from drug addiction is tactfully explored in Darren Aronofsky’s masterpiece.
#Cancelled: Disillusionment in the age of Twitter #MeToo
Watching Weinstein movies like Pulp Fiction, or as more recently discussed, listening to music by R Kelly, in a way are acts of undue forgiveness.
Sir Roger Moore 1927-2017
Calum Bradshaw pays tribute to the 70s Bond legend who died today at the age of 89
Ageing under the spotlight
Sophie Burdge condemns ageism in pop culture and our generation's obsession with beauty