In preparation for Halloween next Wednesday, Matthew Moorey gives a rundown of the best scary films to watch this weekend. It’s getting towards the end of October, autumn is in full swing, which means Halloween […]
Mandy Is A Hit & Miss Thriller That Keeps You Guessing
Mandy is, truly, one of the strangest films I have ever seen. Taking inspiration from the quirky yet dark beats of Darren Aronofsky, this second cinematic entry from writer-director Panos Cosmatos does not hold itself […]
Matangi/MAYA/M.I.A. Is A Deep-Dive Into Both Music And Activism
M.I.A. released her first single ‘Galang’ via XL Recordings in the early 2000s. The track was met with great acclaim, both in England and America: who was this loud South Asian girl using garish beats […]
A Star Is Born Is A Dizzyingly Breathless Story
Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave’ explains Sam Elliott towards the end of A Star Is Born. ‘It’s the same story told over and over, forever. All any artist can offer the world […]
Afro-futurism: Slowly Filling the Black Hole at the Heart of Sci-fi
‘Afrofuturism is me. Us. Black people seeing ourselves in the future, being as magical as we want to be.’ The words of Janelle Monae serve to respond to the words of Mark Dery’s ‘Black to […]
Venom Is A Lukewarm Antihero Film Without A Hero
In this self-contained film, we are given our first look at Marvel’s character Venom. The movie, directed by Ruben Fleischer, follows the life of gonzo journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) as he is fired from […]
Suicide Squad 2: James Gunn and the Ethics of Hiring Someone in the Digital Age
After weeks of speculation, DC have finally confirmed that James Gunn, previous director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, will be writing the sequel to David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. The first […]
Bad Times at the El Royale Review
An impressive cast brings to life this visually stunning mystery-thriller set in a unique hotel, the El Royale, during paranoid 1960’s America. The El Royale prides itself on the gimmick of having half the hotel […]
One Small Step: First Man Review
First Man chronicles the life of Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) during the 1960s in which he began his journey to the moon. This is the fourth feature from Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land), a […]
Nappily Ever After Review
In a world that is being called out for cultural appropriation, black women’s hairstyles are praised when other races have them, but on a black woman they are often criticised. Nappily Ever After tries to […]
One Year On: How #MeToo Has Affected Film
Once the Harvey Weinstein scandal surfaced last year, a total of 87 women came together and spoke out about his treatment of women. But how has that changed the way women are treated in the […]
The Art of a New City: Nineties Berlin Exhibition Review
Following a trip to Berlin over summer, Carmen Walker-Vazquez reviews a new multi-media exhibition that captures 1990s Berlin through music, video and installation. Tucked away on a quiet industrial lot in the Berlin neighbourhood of […]