Hosted by the charismatic Issa Rae and John Cho, the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced earlier this month in a livestream. They are as follows: Supporting Actress Kathy Bates in Richard Jewell […]
Top 5 Films to watch on Valentine’s Day if you’re single.
Every year on February 14th, the soppy Instagram posts and cringe-worthy captions inevitably start rolling in. Whether you’ve been single your whole life, or have only just gotten out of a relationship, Valentine’s Day can […]
Interview: The Story of Official Secret’s Katharine Gun
Eve Clark sits down with Katharine Gun, whose efforts to expose British government secrets involving the Iraq War were recently depicted in the film Official Secrets.
Review: Little Women
Little Women is the charmingly intimate tale of the four March sisters, Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Meg (Emma Watson), Amy (Florence Pugh) and Beth (Eliza Scanlen). The intersecting timelines fragment their lives into pockets of golden […]
Languages of Love
At The Gryphon Arts & Culture, we have hand-picked the most romantic films from around the world for you to swoon over this Valentine‘s Day.
Review: Bombshell
The #MeToo movement of 2017 exposed the terrible things people did to each other behind closed doors in the entertainment industry and has kickstarted a new genre of films exploring the subject in detail. The […]
Hyde Park Picture House’s 2020 Facelift For the 21st Century
The Picture House, a staple of Leeds culture for over 100 years is about to hit the road and set up shop across the city, including right here at Leeds University Union.
Used as the set for an upcoming film starring Dame Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent just last week, the historic cinema will be undergoing extensive refurbishment over the course of a year starting at the end of February. Editor-In-Chief Ed Barnes takes us through the latest developments.
Trailer Review: Ghostbusters Afterlife
This week we got our first look at 2020’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a sequel to the original two films, and it has to be said that it looks like it could be quite a solid return […]
REVIEW: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
After much excitement and anticipation, The Rise of Skywalker has arrived in cinemas, concluding the 42 year old Skywalker Saga. We pick up one year after the events of The Last Jedi, where the Resistance […]
Review: Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a chimaera of multiple cinematic genres, tender drama, heart-breaking romance, thriller, screwball-comedy and musical- yes you are reading that correctly, thanks to Adam Driver’s gorgeous rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s Being Alive – […]
Spoiler Alert! Are Spoilers the Filmmakers Best Kept Secret?
Growing up, I was never too fond of the traditional spoiler. When it appears essential to the plot, for example: in The Film That We Do Not Talk About, The Usual Suspects and Shawshank Redemption, […]
Review: Knives Out
Knives Out is a fun, twisting whodunit, directed by Rian Johnson of Looper fame, which harks back to the crime drama of his debut film, Brick. Johnson, using a stellar cast of well-known actors, does […]