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'Music' LFF 2023 Review: A Riddling And Allusive Modern Myth
Music is a visual delight on a frame-by-frame level, challenging viewers to embrace the unseen. Based on the classic blinding of Oedipus...
Maleehah Laher
Nov 16, 20232 min read


In Conversation With Matthew Barrington, Curator of 'Jazz On Screen' At The Barbican
Festival Curator Matthew Barrington shares the philosophy behind programming ‘Jazz on Screen’, the selection of films screening at...
Oisín McGilloway
Nov 8, 20234 min read


‘Poor Things’ LFF 2023 Review: Pleasure And Pain
If one were to describe Yorgos Lanthimos’ newest film, Poor Things (2023) in one word it would be weird. Of course, weird has many...
Keyuri Gawde
Nov 6, 20234 min read


'The End We Start From' LFF 2023 Review: A Mother’s Odyssey
Adapted for the screen from Megan Hunter’s riveting 2017 book of the same name, The End We Start From tells the unique and gripping story...
Lara Milne
Nov 6, 20233 min read


‘Foe’ LFF 2023 Review: An Unconventional Love Story And Futuristic Tale
If you are already put off by the idea of marriage, maybe this isn’t the movie for you. For me, the allure of Foe was seeing Saoirse...
Ariana Nazir
Nov 6, 20232 min read


'The Bikeriders' LFF 2023 Review: A Wild Ride Not All That Wild
In mid-twentieth-century America, the steed became metal. The elegant, slender physique of the horse was replaced by fat metal tyres and...
Ben Lewis
Oct 28, 20234 min read


The Historic Tech Of 'Jurassic Park', 30 Years On
As Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993) reaches its 30th anniversary, I revisited the classic blockbuster to understand exactly why...
Amy Everard
Oct 3, 20236 min read


‘El Conde’ Review: Amusing Vampire Satire Flies Too Close To The Sun
The central idea posed by El Conde (2023), the latest work by Chilean director Pablo Larraín, reads almost like an insane conspiracy...
David Sheldon
Sep 30, 20234 min read


'Theatre Camp' Review: A Film Worthy Of The Spotlight
In the words of my mother, Theater Camp was “surprisingly good”. Even I, a self-confessed theatre kid, had serious reservations about...
Tori Taylor
Sep 16, 20234 min read


‘Food Coop’: The More Palatable Side Of Food Shopping
In early 2019, Donald Trump hosted a dinner at the White House for the Clemson Tigers college football team after they won the national...
Oisín McGilloway
Sep 15, 20234 min read
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