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Fashion Bros: How Masculinity Is Reinventing Itself On The Runway
Demna’s approach has the merit of raising a debate: this spectacle of ultra-tight-fitting cuts, which reveal super-curvy bodies, may lead the spectator to question the excesses of the obsession with building and displaying our bodies. By amplifying reality, Demna recalls how powerful fashion can be in forcing a step back. But the question remains: while the collection turns the thought-man archetype into a satire, isn’t Gucci capitalising on it, risking ultimately glamourisin
Simon Nora-Dreyfus
Sep 216 min read


‘Friendship’: An Interrogation Of Isolation And Masculinity
Photo by MTSOfan via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ) Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship is an amalgamation of our innermost anxieties...
Lara Walsh
Aug 16, 20253 min read


'The Bikeriders': Motorcycles, Americana, And A Love Triangle
In an engrossing slice of Midwestern Americana through the 1960s to 70s, The Bikeriders (2023) captures the glories and tragedies of a...
Anna Stafford
Nov 28, 20237 min read


'Close' Review: Those Long Summer Nights Quickly Shorten
Lukas Dhont’s Close quite literally follows the close relationship between two pre-adolescent boys and the consequences of an...
Sheba Kayley
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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