Film Archive
25th March 2022
Time testing The Bechdel Test
Pip Carew and Daniel Collins give a detailed analysis of films which pass and fail the bechdel test and examine it’s importance
25th March 2022
History of film: The first female filmmakers and their feminist message
Florrie Evans explores the first female filmmakers, highlighting their most famous films and their feminist message
23rd March 2022
Women behind the scenes of cinema
Let’s spotlight the women behind the scenes of cinema, and acknowledge their best work.
22nd March 2022
Prioritising the female gaze: Films you didn’t know were directed by women
Our writers at the film section compile a list of our favourite female directed films.
14th March 2022
Golden Oldies: The Piano and fighting the patriarchy
Michal Wasilewski revisits Jane Campion’s The Piano, analysing the classic film’s themes, cultural context, and relevance
12th March 2022
Golden Oldies: Barry Lyndon, Kubrick’s masterful period drama
For our next Golden Oldies, Tilly Price writes about her favourite period drama, Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.
10th March 2022
Death on the Nile: a pleasant cocktail of murder mystery and moustaches
Kenneth Branagh is back as Poirot in a sequel that doesn’t quite live up to its promise but is a pleasant time nonetheless.
9th March 2022
Manchester International Film Festival 2022: Preview
MANIFF returns to the Odeon Great Northern for its largest edition ever, featuring award-winning films from Cannes and BFI London
5th March 2022
Derek Jarman: PROTEST! Art and Activism collide at Manchester Art Gallery
Sarah Taylor reviews Manchester Art Gallery’s retrospective exhibition on the life and works of prolific filmmaker, artist, and activist Derek Jarman.
5th March 2022
This Is Going to Hurt: A painfully funny adaptation
The gory insides of the NHS are exposed in this painfully funny adaptation of Adam Kay’s bestselling memoir.
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2nd March 2022
The films for you: How cinematic is your university experience?
Film editor Benjy Klauber looks back at some of the best, and worst, depictions of university life in British film and TV.
2nd March 2022
Lights, Camera, Election: Casting our vote on the best political films and TV
Our writers consider their favourite political films, in light of the student elections
1st March 2022
Drive My Car: A reflective drive through the terrains of grief and loss
Florrie Evans reviews a Ryusuke Hamaguchi adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story Drive My Car
27th February 2022
Yellowjackets: Teenage girls, trauma, and poorly thought-out twists
The new TV drama Yellowjackets is full of dysfunctional adults, chilling psychological horror, and the will to survive.
25th February 2022
Nightmare Alley: A stylish homage to film noir
Guillermo Del Toro’s noir is a classy technical feast and a love letter to the famous genre
23rd February 2022
Scream: Bold, Bloody, and Meticulously Meta
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews the latest film in the Scream franchise, while also delving into the franchise’s history
22nd February 2022
Seinfeld: A show about nothing
Seinfeld is a show about nothing that speaks to us so fundamentally, but why?
21st February 2022
Licorice Pizza: Good vibes only?
It’s 1973, and in the San Fernando Valley a long hot summer has just begun. On the school picture day, 15-year-old Gary Valentine, a precocious child actor meets Alana Kane, a frustrated, bitingly sarcastic 25-year-old perpetually stuck in adolescent ennui.
21st February 2022
The Lost Daughter: Psychological drama delivers gut-wrench of a film
Long gone are the days of Peep Show for Olivia Colman’s flawed but beguiling lead in Netflix’s latest awards contender.
16th February 2022
Oscar Predictions 2022
Four of our film writers give their predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards