Film
WATCH3WORDS: Black Bear – FUNNY.STIFLING.PSYCHODRAMA.
'Claustrophobic, erratic, and prickly all at once, Black Bear is an experiment in film which entangles its audience deep in its intellectual web.'
Dunkirk: the unknown soldier on screen
'The emptiness should be engulfing. Instead, when Nolan’s films work, they are spectacular.'
Seaspiracy: vegan propaganda or important warning?
Seaspiracy only offers one drastic solution: eliminate fish from our diet unless you are one of the 120 million who directly depend on it.
The Common DNA of the Snyder Cut and First Cow
To examine these films side by side would be insane. But insane ideas aren’t always bad ones, and I was curious whether Snyder might be on to something with this comparison.
WATCH3WORDS: Palm Springs – Exuberant.Poolside.Mayhem.
'By taking the well-known Groundhog Day storyline and injecting it with a healthy dose of sun, fun, and drug-fuelled nihilism, Palm Springs makes one of the dullest formats in the book suddenly enjoyable.'
Nomadland review: questioning American individualism
The ideals of rugged American individualism are a powerful national myth, so much so that when they are questioned, it can feel like an...
Donnie Darko: more than an average coming of age story
“I promise that one day everything’s going to be better for you.”
Seen and not heard: the film industry’s troubled relationship with female directors
Scarlett Colquitt responds to the claim that "women directed films have a softer tone" with an examination of role of female directors in today's film industry.
Dip your toe into Schitt’s Creek
Schitt’s Creek is a show where the main character talks to her many, many wigs. It is a show which manages to make a...
The revolutionary empathy of Sound of Metal
The legendary critic Roger Ebert described film as a machine for building empathy. No other medium has the power to allow the viewer to...