It’s festival season! The FilmSoc blog is covering the BFI’s 61st London Film Festival (4-15 October), diving into the myriad of films and events on offer to deliver reviews. Ivan […]
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‘mother!’ Review
Milo Garner examines Aronofsky’s complex psychological horror. WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The best to be said of mother! is that it’s ambitious. One of the most madcap and original studio films […]
‘Wind River’ Review
Editor Chloe Woods reviews Taylor Sheridan’s murder mystery thriller. This is a film about pain. Wind River opens to a girl running in a frozen field, under a white moon. […]
‘It’ Review
Milo Garner reviews Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name. The echoed singing of a nursery rhyme is a troubling opening to any horror film. If one […]
‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ – Part 16 Review
Milo Garner reviews the sixteenth chapter of Lynch’s revival series. WARNING: This review contains spoilers. ‘I am the FBI.’ We have waited a long time for these words. I don’t mean […]
“Rough Night” – Review
Editor Chloe Woods reviews Lucia Aniello’s female-driven comedy. If you look to your left, you will see a crop of spoilers almost ready for harvest. Please keep your hands and […]
‘A Ghost Story’ Review
Milo Garner reviews David Lowery’s vision of grief. From its marketing, A Ghost Story looks like a very typical Sundance film – the 4:3 aspect ratio (with rounded corners), the […]
‘Patti Cake$’ Review
Editor-In-Chief Sofia Kourous Vazquez reviews Geremy Jasper’s Sundance hit. Finally, I’ve found it. My song of the summer. I know I’m late — September is practically upon us — but […]
‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Review
Milo Garner reviews Luc Besson’s summer sci-fi. Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is more significant than it might first appear. The most expensive French – and […]
‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ – Part 15 Review
Milo Garner reviews the latest chapter in David Lynch’s revival series. WARNING: This review contains spoilers. Part 15 of Twin Peaks opens with a moment that has been building for, quite […]