Review: Nick Cave Double Bill at The Old Market (TOM’s Film Club)
What a phenomenal contrast these two films present when watched side-by-side. In essence, together they are capable of tracing inner and outer metamorphoses of their subjects. The brutality of loss…
Brighton Fringe Preview: Nick Cave Double Bill at The Old Market (TOM’s Film Club)
In celebration of iconic Brighton local, legendary alt-rock musician (and episodic actor) Nick Cave, TOM’s Film Club are hosting a double-bill screening of his films at The Old Market (Upper…
The Badger Reviews: Derry Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MwnpSEzprQ This week, Sophie our film editor, reviews season one of Derry Girls. Have you seen it? What did you think? Leave us a comment on our social media!
Comment Cast: Misogyny In Hollywood
In the is episode, Will and Sophie discuss misogyny in film and tv. For more, pick up a badger around campus or read it online. Tune in for more next…
The Badger Reviews: Star Trek Discovery
This week, Sophie our film editor, reviews season one of Star Trek Discovery. Have you seen it? What did you think? Leave us a comment on our social media!
Arts Podcast: A chat about the upcoming Oscars
This week our Arts editor sits down with the Sophie, our in house film expert, to chat about the upcoming Academy awards! Thanks for listening! Tune in for more next…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Review
When the trailers for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri began to surface last year, I started to feel conflicted about the extent of praise that I had always awarded to…
Dark River Review
(Content warning: sexual abuse) There is a discernible style of British filmmaking which involves a masterful crafting of an environment which appears at once innocuous and hostile. Clio Barnard’s Dark…
Is ‘sequelitis’ consuming Western cinema?
When examining the immediate context of television and cinema, it is fairly straightforward to identify trends in theme and genre. In order to land a successful production, a certain amount…
Will audiences be the key to changing the mainstream film industry?
Content warning: sexual harassment To an extent, we are all complicit in maintaining the established power structures at the core of the Western film industry. Hollywood has been scrutinised, in…
Blade Runner 2049 – Review
Science fiction, at its best, should be intellectual, philosophical and innovative. It should be creative, but also reflective of our own reality. Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is paradoxical in…
Pick of the Summer: Detroit – Review
Rare as it is for a film to contribute anything entirely new to cinema as a whole, Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit brings a stunningly original empathetic naturalism into the realm of…
Our Writers’ Guide to Brighton Arts
According to research commissioned by the Brighton and Hove city council, near 10 million people a year visit the city during the day and almost 5 million come to stay…
First Night Freshers Film Fix
The Badger will be bringing you all some jolly good film and television recommendations throughout the coming academic terms. To keep you going until the work commences, here are some…