A few of our writers butt heads over Sean Baker’s stylistic choices. WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Florida Project, released in late 2017, has been critically acclaimed and deemed a top […]
‘The Greatest Showman’ Review
Editor Chloe Woods tears into Michael Gracey’s historical musical. Spoilers ahoy! This piece is more commentary than review. Given the chance to ask one question, I would ask the creators of […]
PODCAST: #TimesUp: Hollywood, Hypocrisy, and the Future
In light of the visibility of the Time’s Up campaign at the Golden Globes, Sarah and Maria discuss the storm of allegations ripping through the film industry and how these […]
Central DOCS Club: ‘Walk With Me’ Review
The latest edition of Central DOCS Club, in association with UCL Film Society, featured a screening of Walk With Me, a glimpse into the monastic life led and taught by […]
2017 in Netflix Original Films
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews a few Netflix titles from the past year. Netflix has recently set a target of releasing eighty new original films in 2018. That’s eight-zero. And 2017 wasn’t […]
‘A Matter of Life and Death’ Retrospective Review
Milo Garner reconsiders #20 on the BFI’s Best 100 British Films list, recently restored and returned to the big screen. By late 1945, Anglo-American relations were particularly frayed. Despite their support […]
Looking Back at 2017: Our Top Posts
The year moves pretty fast. Here are the FilmSoc blog’s 10 most popular posts of the past 12 months (according to Google Analytics), in case you missed them. Happy New […]
2017 in Netflix Shows
With new shows coming out practically every week, each one different from the last, it would be easy to get lost in the whirlwind, give up, and re-watch Friends for the […]
‘Suburbicon’ Review
Liam Donovan reviews George Clooney’s latest. This review originally appeared on the author’s blog. It has been slightly modified. In a year Donald Trump has taken his office as President of […]
Central DOCS Club: ‘Mountain’ Review
The latest screening at Central DOCS Club – where newly-released documentaries are shown at Picturehouse Central in association with FilmSoc – featured Mountain followed by a discussion. Alexandra-Loredana Petrache reviews Jennifer […]