Alex Dewing interviews filmmakers Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber of the recently released horror film, Cam, discussing the film and themes explored. Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber’s passion project Cam is intense […]
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A Tribute For Stan Lee
Alex Dewing remembers Stan Lee, co-creator of Marvel Comics, the brain behind iconic superheroes such as Spiderman and the X-Men, and the king of cameos. He passed away on November […]
‘Outlaw King’ and Visions of the Medieval
Milo Garner dives into the medieval in cinema and Outlaw King’s position in its genre. What does the medieval look like on film? While this question suggests a great variety […]
Whos, Whats, Whens: A Short Guide to African-American Cinema
Featured image: Malcolm X (1992), dir. Spike Lee This Black History Month, Sam Hamilton takes a look at the timeline of African-American Cinema, and celebrates its prominent figures and iconic […]
From ‘Hard Eight’ to ‘Phantom Thread’: A Paul Thomas Anderson Retrospective
Raphael Duhamel runs through Anderson’s impressive career leading up to Phantom Thread. “We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?” – Interview […]
Mizoguchi for Her: Woman in ‘The Life of Oharu’
Milo Garner takes a look at the celebrated Japanese director’s feminist legacy. Kenji Mizoguchi, born in 1898, was a giant of Japanese cinema. Active from the 1920s, he made his […]
The Evolution of the Jock in ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Twin Peaks’
Calvin Law examines a common television archetype through two cult shows. (WARNING: spoilers for Stranger Things and Stranger Things 2, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return) In many ways, David Lynch and Netflix could […]
Today’s Extraordinary Yellow Sky and 11 Films It Reminded Us Of
FilmSoc’s Screenings Producer Sarah Saraj reflects on today’s weather phenomenon. The sky today was pretty incredible. It got a lot of us feeling like we were in a film. In […]
FilmSoc screens ‘A Single Man’ – Does its Substance Match its Style?
Calvin Law revisits Tom Ford’s 2009 debut in anticipation of tomorrow’s FilmSoc screening. Through his first two features, renowned fashion designer Tom Ford has proved to be – for lack […]
An Open Letter To The Cynics
With the release of Wonder Woman upon us, Podcast Producer Thom Hetherington looks at the way we watch and respond to films today. There has been a tectonic shift in […]