Category: Features
-
A director of controversial, feminist documentaries, who was later offered to direct Harry Potter, and is currently working on a musical; meet one of the most inspirational women in modern filmmaking.
-
Celebrating International Women’s Day on 8th March, here at The Edge we thought it appropriate to celebrate inspirational women from their own world; the fictional world, that is. The culture we consume has one of the greatest roles in empathising with and empowering women, arguably more so than any policy or legislature. If you want change, you have to start with…
-
Find a winning formula, and replicate it: that’s what the film industry is all about. We could be talking about a genre, or a director, or an actor, that shows the sparkle of potential, but every once in a while, a gem of a film comes along that’s so successful that it can spawn an…
-
World Book Day; a day for costumes, and cheap books, and exploring new worlds. A day for nostalgia, basically.
-
The Edge’s writers got together to ask who leapt off the page to motivate and inspire them – all for World Book Day 2016.
-
It is World Book Day, and we wanted to celebrate the world of words and, in particular, the books which made a difference to us as children. Previously we have talked about our favourite childhood books – read part one and part two – but now, on this day which is celebrated in many schools around the country, it…
-
Want to see a guy reconstruct entire hip-hop songs from everything they sample? Writer Joshwa has got you covered.
-
From throwback musicals to gritty dramas, stark realism to Chris Pratt, we look at what’s soon hitting our screens that the Academy will eat right up this time next year.
-
Editor Natalie takes a look at 21 of the most awkward, cringe-worthy moments in Academy Award history.
-
Time on the stage is when we see celebrities at their most human, and their best. Unrelatedly, the 1990s Oscars ceremony was purple and looked ridiculous.
-
Yeezy is the eye of a swirling, social media storm; Scott Williams recaps his recent antics, in case you’ve managed to miss them.
-
Executive Live Editor Oli Polhill pays tribute to the life and work of Umberto Eco, one of Europe’s finest literary minds of the 20th century.
-
Bishop combines beautiful and delicate vocals with edgy trip-hop beats. Success is imminent for this up and coming London-born singer.
-
As part of LGBT month, we examine the ways in which Glee’s Burt Hummel is an unsung hero for the community