Lydia De Matos reviews Kaufman’s latest experimental thriller. A young couple is on their way to the guy’s parents’ house. They’ve only been together for six weeks. Or is it […]
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‘The Good Girls’ (Las Niñas Bien) Review: The rise and ruinous fall of Mexico City’s Glitterati
Tomi Haffety explores the portrayal of the Mexican elite during the 1982 Peso Crisis through Las Niñas Bien Las Niñas Bien acts as a cinematic tribute to the legacy of […]
Sundance 2020: ‘Jumbo’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews Zoé Wittock’s debut, as part of FilmSoc’s coverage of Sundance Film Festival 2020. Jumbo is about desire, about relationships, about love, about sex. It is also about […]
‘To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’ Review
Dan Jacobson reviews the sequel to the Netflix smash hit. In the very first scene of To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Kitty, the younger sister of […]
‘Our Little Sister’ Review: (Re)Making Family, (Re)Visiting Home
Tomi Haffety reviews Kore-eda’s acclaimed film. After its premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister quickly rose to acclaim amongst both Japanese and global audiences, […]
60 Years of ‘La Dolce Vita’
Natalie Wooding reviews Federico Fellini’s iconic film, in celebration of its 60th anniversary. La Dolce Vita is a party. It is a world of glamour and sophistication inhabited by larger […]
Sundance 2020: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, an Eliza Hittman feature in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category, is a quiet, contemplative film about an unwanted teenage pregnancy. Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is a stone-faced […]
Sundance 2020: ‘Summertime’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews Carlos López Estrada’s ode to Los Angeles youth. Following the success of Blindspotting, Carlos López Estrada’s second feature film, Summertime, is intended to be a love letter […]
‘So Long, My Son’ Review
Ellie Lachs reviews Wang Xiaoshuai’s emotional family epic. Wang Xiaoshuai’s newest film So Long, My Son is a slow burner to say the least. The three hour ode to trauma […]
‘Arcadia’ Review: Will Britain Ever Reach a Utopia?
Manisha Thind reviews Paul Wright’s 2017 documentary. “A story of change, of people moving off the land and away from the country.” Arcadia is a compelling odyssey concerning the mutating […]