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
The Summer of Student Shorts
A testimonial to the phenomenon that was the 2023 summer of student filmmaking at UCL.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
It has been about 9 years since I first read Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. I am not a girl, nor …
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Review
Louis Pierrel reviews this year’s Palme d’Or Cannes winner, Anatomy of a Fall, a tour de force from French filmmaker Justine Triet that has been …
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 …
Barbie (2023) Review
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Sophiya Sian, reviews Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and the phenomenon that was Barbenheimer exactly one month after the films’ infamous release. Exactly a month has …
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 …
Oppenheimer (2023) Review
Co- Editor-in-Chief Zheyuan Tony Yang reviews Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, an epic thriller that delves into the life and mind of the “father of the atomic …
Cannes 2023: ‘May December’ Review
Elena Xiang reviews Todd Haynes’s May December, a dark comedy that explores notions of truth and performance in the age of social media and reality TV.
Berlinale 2023: ‘Afire’ Review
The FilmSoc Journal is back for the 73rd edition of Berlinale, with critic Aryan Tauqeer delivering a look at the hits and misses of the …