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 …
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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 …
The Big Short is a film about the 2008 global financial crash, told from the perspective of several investment bankers and analysts who spotted the signs …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Bryn Chiappe tackles the impact of the Dogme 95 manifesto and its lasting legacy on cinema. THE DOGME 95 VOW OF CHASTITY I swear to …
Dan Jacobson demystifies epidemiological models through Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead. It was only a matter of time before the outbreak of COVID-19 caused …
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 …
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 …