Daniel Sloss: On the past, X & the future
At age 19, Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss became the youngest person to perform a solo show in London’s West End. …
Drama on your doorstep
Sussex university is awash with numerous societies in regard to theatre; Musical Theatre (SMuTS), Ballet and Performing Arts Group are…
A Tale of Two Fringes
When I first arrived in Edinburgh to work the Fringe, I was immediately struck by its scale. As many locals…
“Booksmart” breathes fresh air into the coming of age genre
It is almost impossible to say something new in the genre of coming-of-age films. They always inevitably need to tick…
Avengers: Endgame Review
Finally, the culmination of 11 years, 21 films and over 80 characters, the Endgame is here, but can Marvel do…
Wild Rose Review
With American musicals sweeping the box office, what can be expected from the Scottish A Star is Born.
Small Scale/Big Heart – Shazam! Film Review
The semi-officially titled DC Extended Universe (DCEU) has gotten off to a bumpy start ever since 2013’s painfully average Man…
Jordan Peele doubles down on satirical horror-comedy with US
Two years after Jordan Peele’s Oscar winning breakthrough, Get Out, expectations were high for the writer/producer/director’s follow up. Whilst Us…
The Production of ‘A Clockwork Orange’
The clock is ticking for this controversial, phenomenal production to take to the stage and a explanation for why the…
Queer Eye Season 3: A Triumphant Rise to New Heights
With the Fab Fives’ long-awaited return, Netflix users tuck in to Queer Eye’s third season to watch both heart-breaking and…
Introducing the ACCA
With the Attenborough Centre right on our doorstep, we are lucky to to have access to year-round, contemporary performances and…
M.I.A: Celebrating the Unified but Complex Identity of Refugees
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A (2018) is not your typical musician’s biographical documentary. For one, most of the film’s footage is shot by Maya…
A few things to Marvel at
Captain Marvel (2019) opens on the Kree capital planet of Hala and threatens to break some new ground for the…
Why the Academy never fails to disappoint
This year I hosted my first ever Oscars party. The living room was turned into the Dolby cinema, a towel…
In Conversation with Eva Riley
Brighton based filmmaker Eva Riley sat down with The Badger to talk about her upcoming debut feature ‘Perfect 10’ and…
‘It requires you’: Blak Whyte Gray
Our conversation starts with a journey. From an primary school in England, to the North of Ghana, down to the…
Touki Bouki; The meeting point of Senegal, Godard, and Beyonce
Restored to digital format in 2008 by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation (WCF), Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki (1973) deserves…
Fighting with…the conventions of biopic filmmaking
Nine years since he made his cinematic directorial debut with Cemetery Junction, Stephen Merchant has returned to the big-screen to…
Childhoods are shattered in Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum
Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum begins with a shocking scene – a streetwise twelve year old Zain sues his parents for bringing…