The FilmSoc Blog team got together to predict some of the wins for this year’s Oscars, while championing our own personal favourites and calling out injustices for snubs. Do you […]
awards season 2018
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Review
Sam Hamilton reviews the colourful Freddie Mercury biopic and Queen tribute. Bryan Singer returns from the X-Men franchise to direct Bohemian Rhapsody: a big-budget, star-studded, thoroughly glamourised and oft-Americanised tale […]
‘Vice’ Review
George Glover reviews the award-winning satirical biopic on US Vice President Dick Cheney. Vice offers an alternate portrayal of the Bush administration, sidelining George W. (Sam Rockwell) in favour of […]
PODCAST: Cold War + Other 2018 Foreign Film Favourites
Pawel and Maeve discuss one of their favourite foreign films from 2018 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War – and other great foreign language films dominating awards season this year. Illustration […]
‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Review
Editor KC Wingert critiques Disney’s video-game based animated sequel and its relationship to today’s consumerist media landscape. Ralph Breaks the Internet, the follow-up to Disney’s 2012 animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, […]
London Film Festival: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Review
It’s festival season! The FilmSoc blog is covering the 62nd BFI London Film Festival (10th – 21st October), diving into the myriad of films and events on offer to deliver […]
London Film Festival: ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Review
It’s festival season! The FilmSoc blog is covering the 62nd BFI London Film Festival (10th – 21st October), diving into the myriad of films and events on offer to deliver […]
Venice Film Festival: ‘Never Look Away’ Review
It’s festival season! The FilmSoc blog is covering the 75th Venice International Film Festival (29 August – 8 September), diving into the myriad of films and events on offer to […]
‘BlacKkKlansman’ Review
Karina Tukanova reviews Spike Lee’s Cannes-winning, KKK-infiltrating biopic. There are few films that can leave me speechless. Not because it is hard to impress me, but because there is always […]
Venice Film Festival: ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Review
It’s festival season! The FilmSoc blog is covering the 75th Venice International Film Festival (29 August – 8 September), diving into the myriad of films and events on offer to […]