4/5 stars Comic poet Tim Key educates his audience in the buying of ingredients needed to make a flan, the appreciation of Soviet lounge music, and “the thorny issue of dew”; these making up just […]
Film | Argo
4/5 stars Argo was the perfect choice for the opening gala film of LIFF26. A based-on-a-true-story thriller, Ben Affleck’s third foray into direction (after The Town and Gone Baby Gone) has gained attention from festivals […]
Film | The Passion of Joan of Arc
5/5 stars It is hard to understand many European directors abilities (Riefenstahl, Hitchcock, Renoir) without looking straight into the heart of The Passion of Joan of Arc. The camera slides and tilts, the editing is […]
Film | The View from the Inside : Tomas Badger's experience of LIFF26
As a third year student of film I can fully admit that I’m ashamed to have never attended Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF). I’m volunteering this year to compensate for my previous inherent indolence, and […]
Film | LIFF: John Dies at the End – Two Perspectives
3/5 stars Don Coscarelli’s John Dies at the End has the narrative scope to produce a fantastic TV series: it’s vibrant, wacky, and fun, reminiscent of cult favourites such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and […]
Film | LIFF: Maniac
4/5 stars Although technically a remake of the eighties slasher of the same name, Maniac doesn’t feel like a film that’s already been made. Naturally there are elements within that will be familiar, but there […]
Film | LIFF: Excision
5/5 stars Coming out of Excision, I was left with two questions on my mind: ‘What the hell did I just watch?’ and ‘Wow, who knew the girl from 90210 could act?’ Such is the […]
Film | LIFF: Room 237
3/5 stars Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is regarded as one of the most ferociously terrifying horror films ever made; it is the prototypical modern horror film, constantly contested. As a celebrated perfectionist with a genius […]
Speak Up, Ladies
In the ‘Feedback’ section of last week’s Leeds Student, amidst the cries of disagreement and support over the Nick Griffin article sat a letter that asking for more female voices in the paper. A refreshing […]
Out of Tune
So you’ve just been paid. Or, you’ve elected to dip into your overdraft, aka Mum and Dad, so you can buy the brilliant new Tame Impala album. (Yes, I’m shamelessly plugging here. Sue me.) Having […]
Demo 2012
Students in Leeds have a lot to be angry about: 9k fees, youth employment over a million and a government with no intention of changing course on austerity, whatever the consequences for students and young […]
EUnited or Divided?
This week David Cameron suffered a humiliating parliamentary defeat in the Commons, with the unlikely partnership of Euro-sceptic Tory rebels and the Labour party manufacturing a rejection of an EU budget increase. This move by […]