Pavandeep Khosa unpacks Daniel Kaluuya’s frustrations and sentiments towards the everpresent need for more racial diversity in TV and cinema.
Little Women or Confused Men?
The lack of diversity in this year’s award season nominations has not been overlooked, receiving criticism from many of the nominated artists themselves, with the hashtag ‘#OscarsSoWhite’ trending on social media. Just a few weeks […]
The 92nd Academy Awards: A Night To Remember.
Sunday night was the Oscars; the crème de la crème of film award shows. Stars flocked to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to see the best of an amazing group of films win the […]
Review: All The Bright Places
When Jennifer Niven released All the Bright Places back in 2015, the novel was an instant hit in the young-adult universe, The Fault in Our Stars level proportions. With Netflix’s recent trend of hit teen […]
Review: Uncut Gems
The Safdie Brothers crime-thriller Uncut Gems was a labour of love for over 10 years. Penning the original script back in 2009, the sibling filmmakers were unable to get the financial backing they needed to […]
2020 Oscars Nominations
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 […]
Austentatious: Emma’s out to judge the gentry!
Arts and Culture Editor Tanika Lane reviews the trailer for upcoming film Emma, following the antics of meddlesome busybody Emma Woodhouse.
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.
Netflix’s Best Christmas Films Ranked
Christmas has long been the peak time for romance- with general holiday joy filling the air, heightened drunkenness, and mistletoe, love thrives in cuddle weather. Netflix has taken notice of this in recent years, putting […]