Mayra Nassef reflects on the first film of the popular ‘How to Train Your Dragon‘ franchise, and how (over 10 years since its release) it …
How to Train Your Dragon: Alternative Masculinity and the Universal Yearning to be Understood
Essays
Arcane: League of Legends (2021)
Mara Dinu reflects on Arcane: League of Legends and the impressively intricate world the animated series has built. It’s very funny to me how more …
Festival Report: BFI Film On Film Festival 2023
Will Palmer writes about his experiences attending the BFI Film On Film Festival, a new festival dedicated to celebrating the art of film and film …
‘No Time To Die’: A Canonical Incongruence
Thomas Round analyses the legacy of the famed British spy James Bond in the context of his reputation, his origins, and the myths surrounding him. …
Something Male in Every Woman and Female in Every Man: Gender and the Cronenbergian Body
The space occupied by the body as an inseparable component of the built environment has existed since perhaps the very inception of cinema as a …
Notes on Modern Posters
I was recently commuting on the London Underground and occupying myself, as I usually do, by listening to music. My music taste is broad but …
Metatextuality and ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
A reflection. An image all too familiar from countless bouts of repetition, inscribed into the mind. The shadows, the sheen, the sounds-they’re all the same. …
The power of True Horror: Analysing ‘Hereditary’
Aadesh Gupta explores his lingering thoughts on how Hereditary gets horror right and the power of true horror over shock value. The first time I …
Squid Game’s Ink Is Culturally Spreading, But Why?
Sungleen Moon explores the cultural impact of recent smash-hit Netflix show, Squid Game. By now, you either have the strongest self-discipline for not succumbing to …
Céline Sciamma’s ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Is the Picture of Love Our Time Needs
Anna Ainio measures this French period piece against the theory of ‘the female gaze’. One of the first scenes of Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady …