It is easy to spend too much time on social media. You are in the middle of something, decide to glance at your feed through your phone and then get sucked in, liking, commenting or just unburdening. You need to have a job that prevents distraction or else keep the darned thing switched off – to heck with FOMO. Sweat, Swedish writer-director Magnus von Horn’s … Continue reading Sweat – Review
by Sarah Cook Up until yesterday, I had never seen a Fast and Furious film. It’s not that I actively detest the franchise, but it didn’t appeal to me. Cars, explosions, and Vin Diesel? No thank you. For fans, the movie series has come on leaps and bounds, with the last three films hitting highs in critical and commercial success. There’s even a spin-off movie … Continue reading F9 – Review
by Sarah Cook Growing up a queer girl in the late nineties and early noughties was a trying experience. One that was rife with discovery and tiling over my identity over and over again. It was a time of discovering lesbian and bisexual media such as Sugar Rush, Skins (Naomily Forever,) and God forbid the movie version of Rent. Sometimes these movies were blighted by … Continue reading But I’m a Cheerleader – Review
by Chris O’Connor Emma Seligman’s debut film Shiva Baby has won rave reviews since its premiere in 2020 at SXSW. The film focuses on Danielle a Jewish girl in her late teens who is attending a shiva which acts as a wake for the Jewish community, with her family. Danielle we find out is not attending college as some of her friends are and has … Continue reading Shiva Baby – Review
by Anton Bitel There is a loose subgenre of home invasion films in which the victims become trapped as much by their disability as by their domestic location – until they find eventual empowerment precisely in their disempowerment. In Walter Grauman’s A Lady In A Cage (1964), Olivia Havilland’s protagonist is rendered helpless both by a broken hip and the stalled cage elevator in which … Continue reading See For Me – Tribeca 2021 Film Festival
by Leoni Horton As individuals, we are profoundly limited by the extent to which we can perceive the world around us. What aids our ability to empathise, learn and connect with the rest of the population, be that our family and friends or complete strangers, is our ability to communicate with one another and express ourselves through the medium of language— chiefly our unique ability … Continue reading The Reason I Jump – Review
