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2024
The Post-LFF Debrief
Rarely does opinion not benefit from the weight of a little time to test its strength, to see whether it holds or bends. The first …
All We Imagine as Light (LFF 2024)
In A Nutshell: A stunning exploration of life and the search for connection against the backdrop of a developing country. Aftertaste: Tastes like, or rather …
★ A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL ★
For any true cinema lover, attending a film festival is an experience one should relish at least once in a lifetime. The collective magnetic energy …
The Room Next Door (2024)– Framed by death but full of life.
Nutshell: A chic polished departure. Aftertaste: A refreshing, ice-cold glass of blood orange juice—its initial sweetness bursting with the vitality of life, followed by a …
London Film Festival 2024: Your Whistle-stop Tour
It would be no exaggeration to say that when the announcement was made that the film to close the 68th BFI London Film Festival would …
Interview: ‘The Stimming Pool’ (LFF 2024)
Storytelling often finds itself on that straight and narrow path which begins with a beginning and ends with an end. The Stimming Pool (2024), however, …
Nowhere (1997)
Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins returns to the end of the twentieth century (and possibly the world) the final instalment of Gregg Araki’s sci-fi Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy. At …
Peeping Tom (1960)
Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins looks back on Powell’s controversial horror with its unflinching 4K restoration. The 4K restoration of Michael Powell’s 1960 psychological horror Peeping Tom indulgesthe …
Gummo (1997)
Anya Somwaiya reviews Korine’s debut feature, Gummo, a mood board for the decades that followed. Scotch taped wall bacon. Albinos and drunkards. Girls with noeyebrows …