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The Projector Grows Dim

As London went dark once lockdown began, one of the many thoughts that raced through my mind was what would happen to cinemas. Much has...

A Cinema of One's Own

I am the kind of person that sets aside multiple days of the week to go see a movie at the cinema. Even the process of getting the ticket...

Our Problematic Obsession with True Crime

True crime has left the jurisdiction of the courtroom and moved on to our TV screens. A surge of "adapted from true events" films about...

Rafiki, or the futility of politicizing love

‘Let’s make a pact, become something real’. With a whole religious, social, political and moral order positioned against homosexuality,...

Politicising Private Love

A response to ‘Lust to Love and in Between’ – a programme of short films released as part of the London Film Festival. Traditionally,...

The Best from Summer's Sundance Festival

Having enjoyed a full day of screenings and press interviews in June for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, many of the highlights are...

Hot Summer Flicks

It’s August. We should be out sunbathing, holidaying and doing summer aesthetic things like parks and picnics, fairs and festivals,...

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