Category: Film
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Callum, Rosie, and Laura look at the best films of the 80s!
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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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This 2022 flick stars Nathalie Emmanuel (of Misfits, and Game of Thrones) as Evelyn “Evie” Jackson, a recently orphaned woman who receives a DNA test as a gift, following a catering event. After submitting it, she meets her affluent, distant British family. She is drawn in by the grandeur and mystique of Whitby’s Carfax Estate,…
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Our writers look at the very best movies from A24.
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She was billed as ‘pari chehra’, the fairy-faced one. Her picture was in every paper. She was indeed young and lovely, her most remarkable feature being her large, magnetic eyes . . . (p. 169). . . . thus wrote, Saadat Hasan Manto about the woman who was considered as the first female superstar of…
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Night alone? Our Writers share their favourite films that are best watched by yourself.
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The bittersweet relationship between India and Pakistan has always been sweetened by the countries’ shared tastes in music, and we’ve always (until the last 5/6 years) exchanged our musical talents since the partition in 1947. It pioneered with Mubarak Begum, Geeta Dutt, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Nazia Hassan — to name a few —…
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Picture this: a young Indian girl brought up on Bollywood films and Indian TV and music. She sees the same faces and voices over and over again in almost everything she watches or hears. But she doesn’t think anything of it. As she grows up, she looks at Western culture and sees a lot more…
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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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Deputy Editor, Sam Pegg, reviews Liam Beazley’s latest short film, Birdsong.
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Despite critical and commercial success, Martin McDonagh remains a somewhat underrated figure within the film industry. I saw this because I don’t see the same buzz around one of his new films as I do for one by the likes of Edgar Wright or even Guy Ritchie. However, with one of the best films of…
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Centering around a carer, Vera (Millie Felix), and her sick mistress, (Phoebe Averdieck), Winged and Imprint Dark depicts a disturbing blurring of the lines between reality and delusion. This short film relentlessly portrays an anxious viewing of a co-dependent relationship, and one that is bound to come to a head. The most striking aspect of the…
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Once you see it, it’s too late… Do you remember those creepy chain texts we all used to get between the ages of 12-14? They all said, “forward this text to 10 people, or a bus will run over your mum.” And although most of us were smart enough to know that these texts were…
