From 5th – 19th November, Leeds welcomes the 29th International Film Festival, and with films being shown throughout unique venues such as the Hyde Park Picture House and Everyman Cinema in Trinity, the festival looks […]
Is Ghostface The Greatest Horror Movie Killer?
As far as horror-comedies go you don’t get much better or original than Scream. The late Wes Craven’s seminal 1996 flick ticked all the right boxes and went on to bring back the horror genre […]
Crimson Peak: Bleak Times At The Box Office
Audiences of Crimson Peak are more than likely to see the film for one of two reasons. Either they know that the film features a scantily clad Tom Hiddleston at a least one point, and […]
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – Found footage horror’s last gasp?
Paranormal Activity has become the touchstone for the found footage movie genre that originated in The Blair Witch Project in 1999. It’s prompted several sequels as well as spurring on a host of other films […]
Transformers: When will it end?
There is a point when sequels, spin offs and TV series need to stop and take a break for a decade or three; and yet, even though the recently-announced plans for a further three Transformers […]
The Intern – Pertinent points or a tired cliche?
Having recently spent a load of time scrolling through and applying for internships this summer, I was naturally curious when The Intern landed in cinemas last month. With both its leads being played by Hollywood […]
Review: The Walk – A wobbly performance from Gordon-Levitt
The story of Philippe Petit, the only person ever to tightrope walk across the twin towers, is one which has the true ability to captivate people through its sheer brilliance and audacity. Carried out in […]
Suffragette: Oscar-bait or fitting homage to incredible women?
Xa Rodger and Heather Nash discuss the depiction of the women’s rights movement in Sarah Gavron’s latest film… On 4th June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison stepped in front of King George V’s horse at Derby […]
Review: No/Gloss Film Festival
In early October, No/Gloss Film Festival returned to Leeds for its fourth year of showcasing the best from the underground, DIY film scene. Many of the films this year touched on contentious themes in cinema such […]
Review: Finding Fela – Enthralling viewing for the uninitiated
The significance and diversity accorded to Black History Month this year in Leeds has been truly refreshing. With artists such as Akala and the poet Wole Soyinka already blazing the trail to diversify dialogues on […]
Review: The Visit – Strong concept, worse execution
The latest release from M. Night Shyamalan was a truly mixed package. After fifteen years of no contact, teenage Becca and her younger brother Tyler receive an invitation to visit their maternal grandparents. Hopeful, the […]
Review: Made You Look at the Hyde Park Picture House
On the first of October, the Hyde Park Picture House hosted a screening of Made You Look, a largely Crowdfunded documentary about graphic designers and illustrators in the UK, directed by Paul O’Connor and Anthony […]