For any true cinema lover, attending a film festival is an experience one should relish at least once in a lifetime. The collective magnetic energy …
★ A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL ★
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 …
London Film Festival 2024: Your Whistle-stop Tour
It would be no exaggeration to say that when the announcement was made that the film to close the 68th BFI London Film Festival would …
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, …
Nowhere (1997)
Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins returns to the end of the twentieth century (and possibly the world) the final instalment of Gregg Araki’s sci-fi Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy. At …
Peeping Tom (1960)
Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins looks back on Powell’s controversial horror with its unflinching 4K restoration. The 4K restoration of Michael Powell’s 1960 psychological horror Peeping Tom indulgesthe …
Gummo (1997)
Anya Somwaiya reviews Korine’s debut feature, Gummo, a mood board for the decades that followed. Scotch taped wall bacon. Albinos and drunkards. Girls with noeyebrows …
Arnold is a Model Student : Review
Anya Somwaiya reviews Sorayos Prapapan’s comic portrait of Thai culture and the doctrines of education. Prapapan, in his pilled zip-up and wrinkled tie-dye tee at …
Back to School Special: The Holdovers’ Lessons in Love
A chill in the wind. The tentative turning of a leaf. The sudden urge to hold onto a warm cup of something in your gloved …
Why We Talk About Film.
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work …