The FilmSoc Journal is back for the 74th edition of the Berlinale, with critic Elena Xiang delivering a look at the hits and misses of …
La Cocina review
2024
‘A Sense of Inevitability’: A Conversation with Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Aryan Tauqeer Khawaja interviews Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi about his latest film, Evil Does Not Exist. Out of all the filmmakers to have emerged …
Raindance 2023: Un Amor
Shaza Hafez reviews “Un Amor”, a melancholic portrait of psychosexual angst
Sick of Myself review
Shaza Hafez explores this satirical dark comedy about the great lengths we go to in our self-centred quest to gain attention
Past Lives Review
James Carlstrand reflects on last year’s indie hit as the film garners nominations during this ongoing awards season. There is a moment in Past Lives where our …
Dumb Money Review
James Carlstrand reviews Craig Gillespie’s big screen adaptation of 2021s viral GameStop story. Dumb Money will undoubtedly receive much comparison to The Big Short, after all both …
An Evening With Tim Robey
James Carlstrand summarises a lively and insightful workshop with The Telegraph’s film critic Tim Robey On a cold Thursday evening back in November the Film …
IFFR 2024 : Interview with director Helena Stefánsdottir
Mayra Nassef, FilmSoc Journal’s International Film Festival Rotterdam correspondent, interviews Helena Stefánsdottir, Icelandic director of Bon Appetit (2011) and her new feature Natatorium (2024). “Natatorium” …
The Devil’s Advocate: How Elliot Grove Became the Father of British Independent Cinema
In a sunlit corner of Wonderville Raindance headquarters, clad in signature sunglasses sat Elliot Grove, the visionary founder of Raindance Film Festival. Alexia Mihaila from …
On Melodrama, and Why It Must Endure
Aryan Tauqeer discusses the position of the melodrama in the contemporary cinema landscape, the political history of the genre in Old Hollywood and how the …