Film
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"
Hollywood vs. AI – Is this the end?
"the question on everyone’s lips is: is this the end? The end of special effects teams? The end of video creation? The end of filmmaking?"
Review: Knives Out
British audiences know the whodunit genre well. The Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, wrote 66 murder mystery novels over the course of her prolific...
In Defense of Escapist Art
In our current political climate escapism is a dirty word. Moreover, it is a risky form of mental engagement in a culture that calls...
The Fantasy of Film
Food - whether symbolising power, desire, loss, despair, love, murder or moral, social and political disorder - provides an extensive menu for films.
Imogen Harter-Jones explores its symbolic capabilities.
The Farewell Review
Seemingly all of us either have or yearn for an affectionate but caustically witty grandmother such as Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen), the endearing matriarch...
Peaky Blinders Season 5 Review
For all its sex, drugs and violence, Peaky Blinders is starting to get tired of itself. Its response? A gripping foray into the world...
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...
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Review
Jim Henson was a master of entertainment: I’ll
hear nothing to the contrary. The Muppets were a genuine delight and, no matter
how much Oxford has...
This Way Up (2019)- Review
Content Warning: Mental Health/ Depression/ Suicide.
Stranger Things and… capitalism?
Even as our favourite American TV shows are owned and
trademarked by enormous conglomerates with massive influence over the
entertainment industry, prestige television has often been...
“All My Loving”- a love letter to the Beatles’ uncompromising “A Hard Day’s Night”
John, Paul, George and Ringo, chased
through the oft-mistook Marylebone station, boyishly attempting to evade a
hoard of adoring young fans. It is an iconic scene...
Sex and Sensibility: Are ‘Spiced Up’ Adaptations really that progressive?
Pulses were sent racing in 1995 when Andrew Davies’ television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice saw Mr. Darcy, played by a fresh-faced Colin Firth, emerge sopping wet from a lake in a translucent white shirt that barely clung to his torso.
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...
The Virtues (2019)- Review
It
may seem an overstatement, but I truly believe that Shane Meadows’ This is
England saga is one of the greatest contributions ever made to British
culture....
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)- Review
Within the first five minutes of Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Idris Elba jumps onscreen off of a CGI motorbike and announces...
