By Rosanne Isaac The Shape of Water is a whimsical tale that unravels against the backdrop of the Cold War–era Baltimore. Mute janitor Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) forms an unlikely relationship with an amphibious creature held captive at a… Continue Reading
By Chatcha Hengprasit. Nocturnal Animals is a neo-noir psychological thriller film centred around the notion of revenge. Director Tom Ford has already distinguished himself as a fashion auteur, and he now lends his visionary excellence to this Austin Wright… Continue Reading
By Dannii Johns Many history enthusiasts and film fanatics love Gladiator made in 2000. It portrays the Roman Empire in its finest era as a result of Marcus Aurelius being known as the last of the ‘Five good Emperors’.… Continue Reading
“Debut filmmaker Amman Abbassi on the joys of independent filmmaking and the tribulations of filming in his hometown.” Interview by Alice Jennings. Rural Arkansas may not be the most obvious place to make a film about gang culture, but for 25-year-old Amman Abbassi, it… Continue Reading
Film journalist turned film maker Sophie Monks Kaufman talks about the critic and the creative, and the partitions and parallels between the two. Interview by Tom Nel. Feudal is the relationship between the critic and the creative. Never has this… Continue Reading
(It, 2017) It floats with many horror clichés and lacks depth. By Jon Cull In a summer lacking the amount of blockbuster fun this period in the year has come to stereotype, It probably has come at the right time. While… Continue Reading
(Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, 2017) This instalment lacks innovation, but is packed with enough spectacle for the die-hard Pirates fans. By Mia Garfield There are few moments in blockbuster history as iconic as Captain Jack Sparrow standing proudly on… Continue Reading
(Alien: Covenant, 2017) Ridley Scott’s latest film is promising, but ends up re-treading the poor moments of Prometheus. By Harry Faint On April 26th this year, ‘Alien Day’ was celebrated by fans worldwide – the second celebration in the… Continue Reading
(Lady Macbeth, 2017) Issues of gender, class, and race become mere secondary components in this violent confrontation of devotion and its limits. By Katie Ray William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth is a sexily sinister film adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella,… Continue Reading
Sound artist Felicity Ford discusses midwives, gendered soundscapes and feminist approaches to sound art By Ralph Whitehead In her book A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, historian Elizabeth Foyster identifies the act of listening as “a crucial part… Continue Reading