With the winter holidays now a distant memory and the days finally getting longer, it seems the perfect time to start pulling together ideas for a crazy 2017 summer adventure. As such, I somewhat ironically […]
Love is Strange is profoundly authentic
In counterpoint to the torrent of hyper-real romance pictures which hit cinemas on Valentine’s Day, director Ira Sachs has created a profoundly authentic depiction of love and relationships that one hopes won’t be lost to […]
Leeds Icons: The Parkinson Building
The Parkinson Building is nothing if not iconic. As much as we may take its monumental grey-stone facades for granted as we rush past to get to lectures, this grand, yet somehow tastefully understated building […]
From 2001 to Interstellar: What do our views of the extra-terrestrial say about us?
In the recent hype around the release of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, many have noted the film’s obvious links to Kubrick’s widely renowned masterpiece of the genre, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Along with many Leeds-based film […]
Vertical Cinema is a unique experience, but should there be more?
I suppose it’s something we take for granted, that cinema is presented in widescreen. Over its history, film production practice has stretched ratios wider and wider with the intention of better immersing the viewer; quite […]
Film | Magic in the Moonlight – forgettable, unadventurous and fomulaic
Image: Perdido Productions For me, Magic in the Moonlight seems less a film and more a feature-length TV drama episode. I would like to assure you I am no expert on the Woody Allen film […]