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Artificial Health, Simulated Wellness: Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
A review of Netflix's new limited series 'Apple Cider Vinegar'
Karan Nimsons
Feb 273 min read


‘I’m Not Here’ at the London Short Film Festival: The Politics Of ‘Shop Girls’ And The Service Industry:
'I'm Not Here' (Carol Morley, 1994); Image courtesy of the BFI LSFF 2025. Halcyon Days: Radical Short Films of the 1990s was the first...
Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Feb 124 min read


‘A Real Pain’ Review: Tourism, Trains, And Trauma
Image by ClickerHappy via Pixabay Jesse Eisenberg’s newest venture, A Real Pain , begins as it ends; in an airport. Amidst the chaos of...
Lara Walsh
Feb 104 min read


'Passing', Fanon, And The Screen
Image by Adolph B. Rice Studio via Flickr In 1952, Martiniquan theorist Frantz Fanon published the pioneering Black Skin, White Masks ,...
Valeria Berghinz
Jan 255 min read


“At The End Of The Story”: Strand Magazine On David Lynch
On the 16th of January, director, visionary, and lover of dreams, David Lynch passed, leaving a colossal cavity in the heart of film.
Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Jan 225 min read


Opening Scenes: In Conversation with Against The Grain Visuals, Maker of ‘Blackstar, Until The End’
'Blackstar, Until The End' (Against The Grain Visuals, 2024) I sat down with Filmmaker Joseph White, or Against The Grain Visuals, to...
Laura Mihaela Cretu
Dec 19, 20248 min read


In Conversation with Jamie Benyon, Director of 'Two Minutes'
Jamie Benyon made an impressive debut at the London Film Festival with Two Minutes , a hilarious, yet heartfelt short film about two...
Humaira Valera
Dec 19, 202415 min read


'Familiar Phantoms Triple Bill' Review: A Future Haunted… By Hope And Its Misfortunes
Image courtesy of London Palestine Film Festival We live in times where the image simultaneously means everything and nothing. We see...
Anainah Dalal
Dec 17, 20244 min read


‘A Grain of Sand’ Review: An Ode To The Children Of Gaza
A Grain of Sand (2024); image courtesy of Ellie Kurttz The 2024 London Palestine Film Festival opened with the play A Grain of Sand , a...
Humaira Valera
Dec 13, 20245 min read


'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: 'The Play's The Thing'
Grand Theft Hamlet (Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, 2024); Image courtesy of Tull Stories) In spite of all the surreal emotions that arise from...
Joe Breuer
Dec 11, 20245 min read
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