Daniel Jacobson takes an in-depth look at Noah Baumbach’s tender drama Marriage Story through game theory. One of the most famous and widely researched thought experiments in game theory, the […]
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‘Frozen II’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews the much-anticipated Disney sequel. Frozen, when it was first released six years ago, gripped the world. Frozen paraphernalia was inescapable. Anyone who had or spent time with […]
A Decade in: TV Shows
We don’t even want to count how many TV shows showed up on our screens in the last decade, so our writers give their opinions on their favourites instead. Avatar: […]
A Decade in: Films
A selection of our writers take a look at the films that shaped them, and the world of film, this decade. Waltz with Bashir (2008) Never has an anti-war film […]
A Decade in: Scores
We got some of our writers to put on their headphones and share their picks of the best scores, songs, and composers of the last decade. Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Arrival (2016) […]
‘Last Christmas’ Review
Why this year you should not shy away from watching a Christmas rom-com. It is not a very common occasion to come across a rom-com that is set during Christmas […]
A Decade in: Directors
A selection of our writers reflect on the directors who stood out this decade; whether for their cultural contribution, the work they’ve done, or the personal impact they’ve had. Denis […]
A Piece of Home: Returning to ‘Moonsoon Wedding’
Fatima Jafar pens a love letter to a beloved childhood film. The first time I watched Monsoon Wedding I was ten years old. My mother sang its praises all throughout […]
‘The Irishman’ Review
Kerem Uzdiyen reviews Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited gangster epic. This review contains no spoilers. Did Martin Scorsese follow up on his recent “real cinema” remarks by delivering some really good cinema? […]
Visual poetry in The Double Life of Veronique
Sofía Korous Vázquez explores the exquisite visuals of a Kieślowski masterpiece. This past week FilmSoc screened Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Veronique (1991), a filmic whirlwind of poetic images […]