Category: Features

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    Holly Allwright

    The Butterfly Queen Review

    Holly Allwright discusses a queer fantasy-horror film for Pride Month…

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    Ashish Dwivedi

    Ashish’s FaceoftheMonth: Dilip Kumar

    Ashish Dwivedi’s next FaceoftheMonth article delivers a deep-dive exploration into the illustrious career of Dilip Kumar.

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    Ashish Dwivedi

    Ashish’s FaceoftheMonth: Kamāl Amrohi

    This month Ashish looks at a man whose poetic approach to cinema produced some incredible work!

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    Ben Newton

    Film Review: Limelight (Harry Fish & Khairah Boukhatem, 2022)

    The universal horrors of failure and embarrassment are the crux of this quasi-Lynchian short directed by Harry Fish and Khairah Boukhatem. There is a somewhat unspoken stigma that surrounds the term “student film.” Often it may imply that what you are about to watch is in some way cheap and amateurish. Limelight manages to shed […]

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    Ben Williams

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves – A Thrilling Fantasy Film for Fans and Non-fans Alike

    Thanks to a massive surge in popularity recently with its inclusion in Stranger Things and popular gaming shows like Critical Role, Dungeons & Dragons are arguably more well-known than ever been? Me? I’ve been into it since I was about six or seven, and I would read all my dad’s 3rd edition books and play […]

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    Amy Scott-Munden

    Disney’s obsession with the Dark in the 80’s 

    Who knew Disney went through an emo phase?

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    Ashish Dwivedi

    Ashish’s FaceoftheMonth: Begum Para

    In the India of the past, the differences between an actress and a bold actress were quite well-defined, almost unambiguous. The entertainment business wasn’t showered with the most bountiful of respect, leading associated people — particularly women — to become extremely conscious about their image in the public imagination. Women’s roles in society were susceptible […]

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    Sam Pegg

    Burton’s 80s: How A Decade Established The Auteur

    Sam Pegg shares his love for the legendary director.

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    Ashish Dwivedi

    Ashish’s FaceoftheMonth: Pran

    Pran’s biography — written by Bunny Reuben — may have a quirky title, but it emblematises a rare sort of cinematic stardom that was rarely attributed to secondary characters. Yes, I shouldn’t be addressing Pran as a secondary character (he never was!), but the structure of an Indian film frequently positioned the villain/vamp figure within […]

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    Ashish Dwivedi

    Ashish’s FaceoftheMonth: Helen

    Heterogeneity is a popular format of containing the filmic audiences of India, who might have differing preferences or stances over stardom — and these preferences are typically influenced by linguistic, cultural, religious, and political factors. Only a few stars within the pantheon of Indian cinema have been able to transcend these differences and become everyman’s […]

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    Kat Munday

    Our Favourite A24 Films

    Our writers look at the very best movies from A24.

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    Reece Beckett

    Best Films to Watch Alone

    Night alone? Our Writers share their favourite films that are best watched by yourself.

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    Rosie Spurrier

    Disenchanted- Movie Review

    We all remember the iconic shot of Amy Adams emerging from the middle of the road in Times Square, dressed head to toe in a fairytale princess bridal gown. We’re talking about a curly bouffant accessorized with a tiara, an oversized white dress with puffy shoulders and an exaggerated hoop skirt. Giselle went full-out glam, […]

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    Sam Pegg

    Review: Birdsong – A Fickle Fiend of Grief

    Deputy Editor, Sam Pegg, reviews Liam Beazley’s latest short film, Birdsong.