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‘September Says’ LFF 2024 Review: Intimacy and Imitation
In a recent Cannes Film Festival interview, actress and director Ariane Labed described her first feature film, September Says (an...
Hannah Tang
Oct 21, 20243 min read


CONTROL YOURSELF!: Reviewing The Substance And The Phenomenon Of The Comically Grotesque.
★★★☆☆ Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance has stood out in recent weeks amongst the crescendo of horror releases leading up to Halloween as a...
Ellie Dempster & Hector Evett
Oct 20, 20244 min read


More Than A Love Story: Normal People, Revisited
Although Sally Rooney’s hit novel ‘Normal People’ was released in 2018, it has had a slight renaissance in the past couple years in the...
Almas Hayat
Aug 28, 20245 min read


In Conversation with Dill: On Her New Debut Single ‘Sale’
“Stendiamoci adesso sotto il sole, Sulla pelle resta il sale, Seccato il mare stammi vicino.” “Let’s lie down now under the sun, Salt...
Raya Dasgupta
Aug 27, 20247 min read


'Bye Bye Tiberias' Review: Takes a Micro lens to a Macro Assault
In Bye Bye Tiberias, director Lina Soualem traces the lineage of her Palestinian female family members. Anchored around her mother,...
Barney Nuttall
Jul 25, 20243 min read


Be Not Afraid: The Slow Iniquity Of Oz Perkins’ ‘Longlegs’
Warning: the review below contains mild spoilers for Longlegs . “ You've got the teeth of the hydra upon you / You're dirty, sweet, and...
Hannah Tang
Jul 24, 20244 min read


'Problemista' Review: Julio Torres' "Fairytale Of Failure"
Julio Torres’ surrealist comedy Problemista is a fairytale of failure that uses magical realism to tackle the experiences of migrants in...
Barney Nuttall
Jul 8, 20243 min read


Claudia Wang: London Fashion Week June 2024
A lesson in Elegant 'Revival' Designs and Gentle Inclusivity From a family of creatives, it is only natural that Claudia Wang is able to...
Daisy Packwood
Jun 29, 20244 min read


‘The Vinyl Factory – Reverb’ At 180 Studios
At the end of May, 180 Studios opened the ‘Reverb’ exhibition in partnership with The Vinyl Factory to celebrate the past 20 years of the...
Oisín McGilloway
Jun 24, 20245 min read


‘Anhell69’ Review: A View To The Representational Forms Of The Future
Screened as part of Barbican Young Programmers’ Chronic Youth Film Festival, Anhell69 represents a changing tide in activist filmmaking,...
Oisín McGilloway
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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