Pride & Prejudice & Pandemics
There has been a strange phenomenon during this year in quarantine where thousands of people seem to watch the sameContinue Reading
Tag: England
Audrey (documentary) ★★★
“For the woman who’s most loved in the world…” says Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, “…to have such a lack ofContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of January 2021
Video on Demand By Alex Sitaras The start of the year brings the release of many original films to VOD,Continue Reading
Short Films from the BFI London Film Festival
Ian Floodgate: Short films sometimes get overlooked at film festivals even though they provide the industry an insight into whichContinue Reading
Occultism as Mechanism in A Dark Song
In Liam Gavin‘s full-length directorial debut, grieving mother Sophia (Catherine Walker) contracts with ill-tempered occultist Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram) forContinue Reading
The Devolution into Primality in The Shout
Watching Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout is like watching a distant yet vibrant nightmare. From the very beginning, The Shout disorients usContinue Reading
Ammonite ★★½
Period dramas tend to revel in feminine spaces, therein affording representation of women’s historically absent inner lives. Yet, the sapphicContinue Reading
Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyma-
The figure of the Candyman has, in many ways, far extended beyond the film that he was introduced in. IContinue Reading
Social Justice in Film
This month, it is more relevant than ever for our Retrospective Roundtable to focus on the theme of social justiceContinue Reading
The Gentlemen ★½
Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen plays with the same heavy narration of Adam McKay‘s recent work blended with the juvenile senseContinue Reading
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