“Did hope escape too?”: The Brutalist review
The Brutalist traverses the industrial might of post-World War II America, straddling the landscape like a vengeful Cronus. This is the America of infinite trains, steel, concrete, glass,...
Category: Film and movies
Art is just another means by which we can save each other: Sing Sing review
Film fans are caught between two warring camps whenever Oscar season rolls around. In one corner, we have the people who remain mesmerised by the Academy’s glitz, and in the other, stands the...
Great Adaptations: Chocolat on film
Hi, and welcome to this month's Great Adaptations, where we're looking at the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris and the 1990 film of the same name, starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Dame Judi...
7 movies and TV shows to inspire aspiring writers
Calling all writers! Do you feel stuck? Are you having trouble finding inspiration? Writing can be fun, but it can also be frustrating, from rewriting multiple drafts, to receiving countless...
Exclusive: Q+A with ‘Mama Retreat’ director Eileen Álvarez: on the role of women in film, the Latino community, and her short film on Netflix
It takes a voice like Eileen Álvarez to truly delve into the challenges of the film industry. As an actress, she has years of experience representing Latina women in Hollywood, and now as a...
Real-life recipes for 8 fictional foods: fantasy (food) meets reality
When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was The Aristocats. Disney and cats are two of my favorite things, combined! It's about an old rich woman who plans on leaving her fortune to her four cats...
Fascism isn’t back; it never went away: The Order Review
Justin Kurzel’s 2024 film The Order tells the story of the FBI’s hunt for white supremacist Bob Matthews. While parts of the story were fictionalised for the adaptation, Zach Baylin’s...
“Intimate and emotionally honest”: Babygirl review
Please don’t read this column if you don’t want light spoilers. Still with me? OK. We’re meant to be shocked by Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, but what I found shocking was not Nicole Kidman...
5 biopics to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated annually on 11 February to highlight the critical role of women and girls in the scientific and technological communities, as well as...
“A Lovecraftian nightmare”: 15 years of Beyond the Black Rainbow
Welcome to the future. Welcome to 1983. Welcome to Beyond the Black Rainbow. The digital year unfolds like the credits from Alien one number at a time, deliberate and sinister. Videotape is inserted,...