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In Conversation With Patrice Robinson, Curator of 'Currents' At Barbican Cinema
Patrice Robinson, curator of the ‘Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close’ season at Barbican Cinema, sits opposite me. Her warm and...
Sheba Kayley
Jul 22, 20233 min read


'Shabu' Review: A Feel-Good Portrait Of Childhood
With vibrance and energy, Shabu and its equally vivacious subject have a lot to say about life and growing up, delivered through the most...
Oisín McGilloway
Jul 7, 20233 min read


Surrealism In The Sun: 'The Swimmer' At BFI Film On Film Festival
Screened for likely the last time on its original Technicolour dye-transfer print, watching Frank Perry’s 1968 film The Swimmer on the...
Oisín McGilloway
Jul 3, 20234 min read


Through the Looking Glass: The Reflection of Women in a Pornographic World
Photo by Rob Corder via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) "I think we're about to have the biggest show of the summer"...
Ellie Dempster
Jun 28, 20235 min read


'Jaws' Closes BFI Film On Film Festival
Greased in a layer of oil slick sweat, I was desperately trying to remember whether the BFI was air conditioned. Thankfully it was....
Barney Nuttall
Jun 20, 20233 min read


'One Hand Don't Clap': An Insight Into 1980s Calypso
In danger of being damaged and forgotten, One Hand Don’t Clap (1988) lay for 30 years as a hidden gem, until one day director Kavery Kaul...
Leah Perkins
Jun 19, 20233 min read


BFI Film on Film: A Different Type of Film Festival
The inaugural Film on Film Festival at BFI Southbank kicks off this Thursday, featuring a wide range of film screenings, all with one...
Oisín McGilloway
Jun 9, 20234 min read


'Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power' Review: Waking Up From The Hollywood Daydream
A couple of years ago, I was rearranging my bedroom. After turning 16 I was hit by a sudden need to redesign my entire being, including,...
Barney Nuttall
May 24, 20234 min read


Barbican Chronic Youth Festival: A Room of My Own and Conversation with Programmers
Directed by Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze, A Room of My Own follows the story of Tina (Taki Mumladze) as she seeks a roommate in Tbilisi during...
Ellie Stiff
May 12, 20235 min read


Barbican Chronic Youth Festival: How to Save a Dead Friend and Conversation with Programmers
How To Save a Dead Friend is a documentary film by Marusya Syroechkovskaya, consisting of home footage spanning multiple years in her...
Jorvell Ong
May 12, 20237 min read
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