The Golden Globes set themselves apart from other major awards ceremonies by differentiating between ‘Drama’ and ‘Comedy or Musical’ films in many of the major categories. This year, the divide meant that some of 2013’s […]

4/5 stars Not many films leave a cinema audience openly weeping as a collective group, but The Impossible is one film that can count itself these few. Based on true events, the film revolves around […]

  Since its release in 2002, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi has become a modern classic, winning the Man Booker Prize and going on to sell over seven million copies worldwide. A film adaptation should […]

4/5 stars The big-screen adaptation of Les Misérables has finally hit cinemas after serving as the West-End’s longest running production for twenty-seven years. However, don’t go along expecting your usual happy ‘jazz hands’ musical akin […]

        Dominic O’Key looks at the western canon, in celebration of Quentin Tarantino’s new picture Django Unchained When Christoph Waltz was interviewed by Berliner tabloid B.Z last week about his role in […]

5/5 stars Quentin Tarantino has never been one to shy away sensitive subject matter, and long before Django Unchained hit cinemas, it was dogged by questions and scepticism regarding its portrayal of slavery. However, this […]

Much of western history can be described with the tripartite pattern of exploration, oppression, and colonialism. Whilst the days of Empire have ended, the colonial legacy continues to cast a shadow over many of the […]