Hollywood’s Netflix New-Wave
Netflix has been ever-present in most of our lives now for a while, yet a couple years ago it still would’ve been hard to believe that the online-streaming platform would…
The Oscars’ ‘Best Popular Film’ Category reveals the vested interest that lies at the heart of Awards Shows
Anyone who has watched The Oscars before will know very well that artistic integrity isn’t prioritised in the way that the awards’ image demands. However, news of the academy introducing…
‘First Man’ Review
Space travel has been a preoccupation for Filmmakers, almost since Cinema’s invention. George Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (1902) amazed audiences of the time. Its invention and depiction of…
CINECITY – Shoplifters Review
Fresh from winning the Palme D’or at Cannes, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Manbiki kazoku (or ‘Shoplifters’) arrived at Brighton’s CINECITY Film Festival with a delicately assembled tale of a ‘family’ that exists…
Retrospective: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Punch Drunk Love’ (2002)
During a 2002 interview with Charlie Rose, when asked whether he is going to take some time off, Adam Sandler promptly replies, “I don’t really wanna have to think too…
Visual masterpiece and cult classic: a tribute to Drive
Usually after hearing nothing but positive reviews of a film, I watch it with a slight scepticism; scepticism that my reaction won’t match the high expectation set, but Nicholas Winding…