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 […]
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‘Marriage Story’ Review: A Game Theory Approach
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 […]
‘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 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 […]
‘The Lighthouse’ Review
Kirese Narinesingh reviews Robert Eggers’ acclaimed new film. This review contains minor spoilers. At one point in The Lighthouse, Robert Pattinson’s forlorn, spiritually exhausted character finally kills a bothersome seagull […]
‘Our Ladies’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Editor KC Wingert reviews Michael Caton-Jones’ female-led film at BFI LFF 2019. The Scottish comedy Our Ladies made its world premiere on Friday, 4th October, as part of the BFI […]
‘Joker’ Review
Audrey Ciancioni and Margot Lumb review Todd Phillips’ divisive new take on the infamous DC villain. This review contains minor spoilers. The newly released Joker is dense in references to […]
‘Family Romance, LLC’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Milo Garner reviews Werner Herzog’s intimate new film at BFI LFF 2019. Werner Herzog has a penchant for representing the alienated. His great films of the ’70s and ’80s have […]