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STRAND Magazine Arts and Culture Roundup 2023: Our Top Picks From This Year
Image courtesy of Ian Schneider via Unsplash (licensed under Unsplash License) It's the most wonderful time of the year, as I'm sure the...
The Strand Magazine
Dec 1, 202310 min read


Crap Film Club: Bad Acting, Rubber Monsters and a Great Night Out
Cinephilia is at an all-time high. From Instagram accounts to Letterboxd, everybody is a critic, situating themselves as purveyors of the...
Barney Nuttall
Nov 21, 20234 min read


Same As It Ever Was, 40 Years On; ‘Stop Making Sense’ Returns to Cinemas
Cropped cover of the Talking Heads album Talking Heads: 77 Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Of all the Talking Heads...
Akane Hayashi
Nov 16, 20236 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...
OisÃn McGilloway
Nov 8, 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 LarraÃn, reads almost like an insane conspiracy...
David Sheldon
Sep 30, 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...
OisÃn McGilloway
Sep 15, 20234 min read


'Dazed and Confused' At 30: Linklater’s Masterpiece Is As Relevant As Ever
As the summer comes to an end and the new academic year begins, what better film to mark the occasion than Richard Linklater’s 1993...
Ellis Riverol
Sep 13, 20233 min read


'The Blue Rose' Review: More Parody Than Pastiche
I adore Twin Peaks. I know that is, at least in film student circles, a passé statement. But the dark charm of David Lynch and Mark...
Barney Nuttall
Sep 5, 20233 min read


‘Barbie’ Review: Barbie Girl Finds Out Life Is Not So Fantastic
With the build-up of ingenious marketing and an impressive cast, people have flooded the cinemas in pink to celebrate this cinematic...
Ariana Nazir
Aug 17, 20234 min read
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