Film Archive
4th October 2018
Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!
Emily Wain reviews Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which is a positive sing-along throughout
4th October 2018
A Database of Beautiful People
A Database of Beautiful People is a collection of interviews collected on YouTube which discuss everything and anything with people around the world
1st October 2018
Review: Maniac
While it’s possible to review Maniac without revealing too much, commenting on any plot details frankly feels like it would detract from the viewing experience. So, I’ll be avoiding all spoilers and if you want to truly enjoy this series, watch it like I did, with no background information. From the acclaimed director of Beasts of No […]
1st October 2018
NoBudge: independent films on your doorstep
NoBudge.com is a site started by Kentucker Audley to support new and independent filmmakers who create low budget works
27th September 2018
Interview: Crystal Moselle
Tobias Soar sits down with Crystal Moselle, the director of the newly released “Skate Kitchen”
27th September 2018
Review: BoJack Horseman – Season 5
BoJack Horseman season 5 still keeps the witty, original ideas, and maintains the marriage of sincerity with character development
26th September 2018
Review: Ex Libris: The New York Public Libraries
The three and a half hour long film is ‘honestly worth it’, writes Deputy Film Editor Aisha Al-Janabi
26th September 2018
Review: Climax
Ever considered using psychedelic drugs? This film might make you think twice. Alfie Clark reviews Gaspar Noé’s fifth feature film
26th September 2018
Preview: The Early Films of Japan’s Punk Generation
Catch an ’80s array of cult Japanese sci-fi, horror and action at HOME this October
26th September 2018
Grimmfest – Manchester’s Horror Film Festival
Grimmfest is returning to Manchester in its 10th year to celebrate independent horror, sci-fi and fantasy films. It takes place on the 4th-7th of October at the Odeon Manchester Great Northern. The festival promises to be a thrilling weekend. Festival coordinators, Simeon Halligan and Rachel Richardson-Jones created Grimmfest 10 years ago to showcase horror films […]
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25th September 2018
Review: Slender Man
One of the simplest ways to realise what you think about a film is to ask how it made you feel. In the case of this sluggish, ugly, and disassembled product known as the Slender Man movie, I just feel unequivocally angry. At one point during the film, I found myself demanding that it make […]
20th September 2018
Review: Crazy Rich Asians
This week marked the UK release of 2018’s much anticipated film Crazy Rich Asians directed by Jon M. Chu. A young couple, Rachel (Constance Wu) and Nick (Henry Golding), travel to Singapore for a friend’s wedding and to meet Nick’s family, who, unbeknownst to Rachel, are insanely rich and not the most welcoming. Crazy Rich […]
20th September 2018
First Watch: Arrival
Riveting and enigmatic, Arrival is a wonderful addition to the elite club of sci-fi movies that, though fictitious, have a certain touch of plausibility to it
20th September 2018
Review: Skate Kitchen
Coming-of-age flicks are the new ‘post-apocalyptic young adult drama’; they’re everywhere. Skate Kitchen, however, has a lot more going for it than its synopsis suggests. Originally a short film, then a documentary and, finally, a fictional story based on reality, Skate Kitchen is the brainchild of director Crystal Moselle and all-girl, New York-based skate collective […]
14th September 2018
Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is a wonderfully cringe-worthy film and reminiscent of the fleeting yet intense crushes we all have had, and still have. The film, based on the book by Jenny Han, was released on Netflix in August 2018. The film follows a 16-year-old, Lara-Jean, as she tries to navigate the […]
11th September 2018
Review: Bodyguard
The unmissable hit drama is among the BBC’s recent wave of sublime television-making and features top-rate acting that will keep us gripped to our screens
10th September 2018
Review: The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair
Let down by its source material, Lyn Greene’s adaptation of Joël Dicker novel La Vérité sur l’Affaire Harry Quebert also fails to inspire, writes Adrian Kanyoli
10th September 2018
Review: The Meg
Shark cliches galore, The Meg is an unfortunate cash grab which is not the blockbuster that the original shark films of the 1970s were, writes James Gill
5th May 2018
Review: Avengers – Infinity War
“The perfect beginning of the end to a decade of film that I and many others hold very dear to our hearts”
2nd May 2018
Review: A Wrinkle in Time
Lama Chmayaa offers her verdict on Disney’s latest live action fantasy