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‘Imagine the Sound’ At Barbican Cinema: Disdain For The Known
A quick search on Google defines free jazz as an ‘improvised style of jazz characterised by the absence of set chord patterns or time...
Leda Schenke Gonis
Jan 19, 20245 min read


‘Queendom’ Review: 'Destructive Appearances Cause Incidents'
Following an artist in her endeavour to fuse art and activism on the streets of Russia with otherworldly costumes, Queendom is not only a...
Oisín McGilloway
Jan 17, 20244 min read


Motherhood, Memory, and Gothic Immortalisation In The 'Eternal Daughter'
‘She stretched out her arms to the shadows and the shadows within the shadow. “They came because I loved them—because I needed them—I...
Mali Morgan-Doyle
Jan 17, 20246 min read


'Perfect Days' Review: A Painful Yet Brilliant Study In Solitude
The new film from Wim Wenders makes the audience ponder the question, “how content can we be with a solitary lifestyle?”Perfect...
Meghana Praveen
Jan 11, 20242 min read


‘Wonka’ Review: A Prequel As Deliciously Delightful As Its Predecessors
Unsurprisingly, the cast and crew roster who brought us the crowd-favourite Paddington films (2014; 2017) have created a rich and sweet...
Oisín McGilloway
Dec 30, 20233 min read


‘Bottoms’ Review: The Queer Revival Of The Teen Sex Comedy
Like any sane film fan who watched Shiva Baby at the start of the decade, I couldn’t wait to see what director Emma Seligman and star...
Alice Bailey
Dec 21, 20235 min read


In conversation with Crap Film Club
Crap Film Club is a group which meets every month or so to watch a terrible, terrible film and laugh. A lot. It seems like a winning...
Barney Nuttall
Dec 20, 20239 min read


‘Eileen’ Review: A Quizzical And Chilling Thriller That Reaches An Uncertain End
William Oldroyd’s film adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2015 debut novel Eileen is an unsettling and dryly funny thriller. The unlikeable...
Maleehah Laher
Dec 20, 20233 min read


'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' Review: Aardman Animations Are Sticking To Their Roots
The stop-motion sequel to the hit comedy animation Chicken Run (2000) premiered in London earlier this year at the BFI London Film...
Amy Everard
Dec 19, 20234 min read


‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ (1984): Miyazaki’s Reflection on Ecocide and Imperialism
In 1984 Hayao Miyazaki released Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, his story of a simple agrarian community being dragged into the...
Charley Dennis
Dec 13, 20236 min read
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