Category: Cinema


  • Union Films announce spring schedule

    The student-run cinema will show over 30 films before the end of March.

  • First look review: The Lifeguard ★★★☆☆

    Kristen Bell impresses in this adult drama about a woman trying to rediscover herself.

  • The Best Films of 2013

    As we reach the new year, we look back at the movies that made 2013 a great year for cinema.

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ★★★☆☆

    The second film charting the journey of Bilbo, Gandalf and company is a definite improvement on the first, explains Chris Pate.

  • Review: Jeune et Jolie ★★★★☆

    François Ozon’s ambivalent exploration into an introverted teen’s foray into prostitution is majestic, intelligent, but not trouble free.

  • Highest-grossing movies of 2013 unveiled

    Iron Man 3, Despicable Me 2 and Monster’s University are amongst the top 20.

  • Review: Old Boy ★☆☆☆☆

    Spike Lee misses the mark in this feeble remake of Park Chan Wook’s breathtaking original, says Joseph Henderson

  • Review: Kill Your Darlings ★★★★☆

    This is a small but absorbing portrait of inspiration and turmoil in the early years of the Beat Generation, says Andy Southcott.

  • Review: The Counsellor ★★★★★

    Ridley Scott’s new film is a dazzling, dizzying masterpiece, says our Film Editor Barnaby Walter.

  • Preview: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at Union Films

    One of the biggest films of the year gets an early outing at Union Films

  • Union Films: What’s Coming Up This Week (25/11/13)

    Union Films run through what they’re showing on campus this week.

  • Review: Philomena ★★★★★

    Ellie Wermter finds Stephen Frears’s new effort to be a moving, funny and very human film based on an amazing true story.

  • First look review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ★★★★☆

    Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence returns for this excellent sequel which builds on the high standard set by last year’s series opener, says Barnaby Walter

  • Review: Gravity ★★★★★

    This isn’t just one of the biggest films of the year, it’s a mind-blowing masterpiece, writes Ben Robins.