Film
Film around the world – Turkey’s Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz was a Turkish film director. Until his death in 2006, he was extremely prolific and directed films across every decade of Turkish cinema starting in the 1950s....
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
‘The Godfather: Part II’ at fifty
The Godfather: Part II is a film about gangsters. It is also a film...
All Of Us Strangers Review – A Haunting Exploration of Love in all its Forms
"In All Of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh leads us by the hand into a dreamlike, introspective world. "
‘Bittersweet, immersive and profoundly moving’ – Perfect Days Review
"I don’t think I’ve ever felt so ‘in the moment’ while watching a film as I did with Perfect Days"
Cinematic activism: Wind River and the #MMIW campaign
The power of film lies in its ability to force you to view a situation from another perspective
Approaching sexual assault on screen: The triumph of I May Destroy You
Coel reminds us that sexual assault is not always staring down at us from a bathroom stall. Sexual assault can be quiet, even subtle. Sexual assault can live hidden, unnamed in memories for years.
Comfort Films Medley – Chocolat, Call Me by Your Name, Ferris Bueller
During the summer vacation, countless people wish they could ‘pull a Donna Sheridan’ and escape to the Greek island from Mamma Mia! For me,...
Glutton for Horror
Mild Spoilers for Spirited Away and Pan’s Labyrinth
Of all the sins, gluttony is the only one we truly commit against ourselves, where the implications...
Taking the old over the new: The importance of re-watching
It’s like the difference between working on a puzzle with or without knowing what it should look like when complete
Surrealism on film: Fellini and ‘Juliet of the Spirits’
Everyone’s going a bit crazy these days.
I, for one, am happy to admit that the last few months have been quite bizarre, and...
A No Spoiler Review of Mrs America
To be honest, I didn’t originally want to watch Mrs America. I have studied the history of 1970s American feminism so hearing that Phyllis...
Setting the Scene: When location becomes character
I can remember the first time I watched The Revenant in an empty screening at my local cinema. It was during the height of...
“But where are the bonnets?”: Little Women and historically inaccurate costumes
In case you didn’t know, Little Women (2019) won Best Costume Design at the most recent Oscars and there are a good number of...
Comfort Films – Stand By Me
"Immature boyishness and naivety are never glamorised..."
Unclichéd and unabashed: LGBTQ+ storytelling at its best
Many a list of the ‘Top 10 LGBT films’ can be found online. Undoubtedly, another handful of these lists have popped up during pride...
Reviving my Childhood – Avatar: The Last Airbender
The year was 2005 and at the time, it was just another Nickelodeon show I’d force my sister to sit through with me. But it quickly became more than that,
‘The time to change is now’: Women behind the camera
We need to make a career as a female filmmaker seem possible, and to put pressure on the industry to give more women a chance
Musicals in movies: The interplay between reality and fantasy
Musical movies, juxtaposed with and exposed by realism, make me feel more. They make everything hurt more when you watch them fall apart, but they make the highs even higher.
