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Oct 13, 2020
5 min

Enola Holmes: the Progressive Period Drama and the Diversity Hire

Image: Mariana JM via Unsplash Netflix’s latest film adaptation follows the first novel in the Enola Holmes series, author Nancy Springer...

Ollie Macnaughton

Sep 16, 2020
4 min

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 b...

Aybike Ceren Kahveci

Sep 13, 2020
4 min

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...

The Eddy — an off-centre jazz scene drowning in multiple plots

Oliwia Majchrowska

May 30, 2020
3 min

The Eddy — an off-centre jazz scene drowning in multiple plots

Set in a rough Parisian suburb, The Eddy portrays a milieu of musicians whose fates intertwine as they enter a band and get together to p...

In Conversation with Ben Taylor, Director and Executive Producer of ‘Sex Education’ on Netflix

Ellie Muir

Mar 1, 2020
8 min

In Conversation with Ben Taylor, Director and Executive Producer of ‘Sex Education’ on Netflix

With the highly anticipated release of the second series in January, ‘Sex Education’ has remained in the UK Top 10 on Netflix, with ratin...

Netflix 'Spinning Out' – tackles trauma, toxic talents and mental health

Alex Blank

Feb 18, 2020
4 min

Netflix 'Spinning Out' – tackles trauma, toxic talents and mental health

As someone who’s had to let go of a lingering obsession for their sanity’s sake, I was a bit afraid of starting ‘Spinning Out’. After wat...

'Velvet Buzzsaw' Pokes Fun at the LA Art Scene

Ally Faughnan

Feb 25, 2019
3 min

'Velvet Buzzsaw' Pokes Fun at the LA Art Scene

Spoiler alert! If you have not watched Netflix’s film Velvet Buzzsaw, then this might give away a good chunk of the plot. Nevertheless, t...

Our Problematic Obsession with True Crime

Anoushka Chakrapani

Feb 19, 2019
3 min

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 s...

Konrad Van Halewyn

Feb 6, 2019
3 min

Kill It With FYRE

“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually and then suddenly.” - Ernest Hemingway. FYRE, the bizarre story of an exclusive music fes...

In Conversation with Peter Bradshaw, Chief Film Critic for The Guardian

Eloise Wright

Jan 24, 2019
10 min

In Conversation with Peter Bradshaw, Chief Film Critic for The Guardian

Rare is the opportunity to talk to someone we look up to professionally, and it is even rarer for the interaction to live up to what we h...

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