The FilmSoc Journal is back for the 30th edition of the Raindance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the UK. Aadesh Gupta reviews …
Raindance 2022: ‘Oldboy’ Review
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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ (2022) Review
Co-editor-in-chief, Madeline, reviews Everything Everywhere All At Once, box-office giant of 2022, and fan-favourite at this year’s Oscars. Everything Everywhere All At Once, living up …
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ (2022) Review
Lavanya Nayar reviews James Cameron’s long-anticipated sequel to his 2010 sci-fi epic, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang. Fourteen years ago, …
London Film Festival 2022: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review
BFI’s London Film Festival is in town! The FilmSoc Blog is back for the 66th edition of the city’s largest film festival, delivering a look …
‘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. …
‘The Northman’ (2022) – Review
Alexia Mihaila reviews Robert Eggers’ long-awaited third feature, a viking revenge saga starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy. The Northman isn’t Eggers’ first …
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. …
LEAFF 2021: ‘Raging Fire’ Review
LEAFF 2021 celebrates its sixth year with a programme of thirty films from celebrated and debut filmmakers. Championing East Asian cinema, LEAFF aims to bring …
LEAFF 2021: ‘Limbo’ Review
LEAFF 2021 celebrates its sixth year with a programme of thirty films from celebrated and debut filmmakers. Championing East Asian cinema, LEAFF aims to bring …
‘Tenet’ Review
Maria Cunningham reviews Christopher Nolan’s latest mind-bending blockbuster. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, the first major blockbuster to be released since lockdown, is quite simply an incredible …