Last Friday, the 8th of September, acclaimed film director and former UCL Film & TV Society president Christopher Nolan returned to UCL to accept an Honorary Doctorate of Literature (DLit) as […]
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‘It’ Review
Milo Garner reviews Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name. The echoed singing of a nursery rhyme is a troubling opening to any horror film. If one […]
News: ‘The Current War’ Trailer Features Scenes Shot At UCL
Alongside the first wave of reactions to Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s historical drama The Current War comes an eagerly-anticipated trailer. Our first introduction to the conflict between two of the electricity industry’s first titans, […]
‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ – Part 16 Review
Milo Garner reviews the sixteenth chapter of Lynch’s revival series. WARNING: This review contains spoilers. ‘I am the FBI.’ We have waited a long time for these words. I don’t mean […]
“Rough Night” – Review
Editor Chloe Woods reviews Lucia Aniello’s female-driven comedy. If you look to your left, you will see a crop of spoilers almost ready for harvest. Please keep your hands and […]
‘A Ghost Story’ Review
Milo Garner reviews David Lowery’s vision of grief. From its marketing, A Ghost Story looks like a very typical Sundance film – the 4:3 aspect ratio (with rounded corners), the […]
‘Patti Cake$’ Review
Editor-In-Chief Sofia Kourous Vazquez reviews Geremy Jasper’s Sundance hit. Finally, I’ve found it. My song of the summer. I know I’m late — September is practically upon us — but […]
‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Review
Milo Garner reviews Luc Besson’s summer sci-fi. Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is more significant than it might first appear. The most expensive French – and […]
‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ – Part 15 Review
Milo Garner reviews the latest chapter in David Lynch’s revival series. WARNING: This review contains spoilers. Part 15 of Twin Peaks opens with a moment that has been building for, quite […]
‘Detroit’ Review
Calvin Law reviews Kathryn Bigelow’s brutal dramatisation of the Detroit Riot. Few can capture the sheer intensity and brutality of any given life-or-death situation like Kathryn Bigelow; it’s almost a given that […]