Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins pins down Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, a documentary/mockumentary/fictional concert film which stands out in the sea of musical biopics as a ‘semiotic experimental’ …
Pavements (2024): On the World’s Most Important Band
Festivals
Witches (2024)
Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins reviews Witches– Elizabeth Sankey’s essayistic film examination of mothers, witches, and the ways we mishandle both. Women often come in threes. The high …
The Flesh of Language (2024)
Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins analyses the effect of Amanda Rice’s documentary on analogue media and animal extinction, The Flesh of Language. The body of analogue media and …
The Post-LFF Debrief
Rarely does opinion not benefit from the weight of a little time to test its strength, to see whether it holds or bends. The first …
All We Imagine as Light (LFF 2024)
In A Nutshell: A stunning exploration of life and the search for connection against the backdrop of a developing country. Aftertaste: Tastes like, or rather …
The Room Next Door (2024)– Framed by death but full of life.
Nutshell: A chic polished departure. Aftertaste: A refreshing, ice-cold glass of blood orange juice—its initial sweetness bursting with the vitality of life, followed by a …
Interview: ‘The Stimming Pool’ (LFF 2024)
Storytelling often finds itself on that straight and narrow path which begins with a beginning and ends with an end. The Stimming Pool (2024), however, …
Behind the Scenes of FOMI: An Interview with the 2024 Festival Directors and Media Officer
The Festival of the Moving Image (FOMI) is set to captivate audiences once again this year. Ahead of the 2024 festival’s launch on May 20th, …
An Interview with Riley director Benjamin Howard and star Jake Holley
Riley was screened at this year’s BFI Flare Festival to sold out audiences and Jamie Carlstrand got the opportunity to sit down with its director …
La Cocina review
The FilmSoc Journal is back for the 74th edition of the Berlinale, with critic Elena Xiang delivering a look at the hits and misses of …