My First Summer was just one of many excellent productions on offer at this year’s BFI Flare festival. Yet writer-director Katie Found’s debut feature really stands out from the crowd, mainly because of just how beautiful the Australian production is. This film is (almost) everything a teen romance should be: sweet, wholesome, grounded in the reality […]Read More
Directed by Shana Myara, Well Rounded is easily one of the most colourful entries at 2021’s BFI Flare Festival. The documentary’s mission: to tell as many plus-sized people as possible that their bodies are beautiful, and that—as Kimmortal’s ‘Sad Femme Club’ repeatedly tells us—“Baby, you are enough”. Trigger Warning: this review contains mentions of r*pe. […]Read More
Rūrangi, created by writer Cole Meyers, director Max Currie and producer Craig Gainsborough, is one of the standout entries at this year’s BFI Flare. Cut from the 2020 web series of the same name, the film follows a young transgender man who is forced to come to terms with a difficult past upon returning to […]Read More
Contains spoilers for Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Endgame and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Just over a week ago, Marvel delighted its fanbase by releasing a clutch of new trailers—including one for upcoming Disney+ show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which sees Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles as the eponymous superheroes, Sam […]Read More
Theatre Clwyd in Wales will host a number of performances across theatre, comedy, and poetry, as well as Q&As with some high-profile stars.Read More
To say that conspiracy theories are popular these days is probably the understatement of the century. You might as well call the rules of time travel in Avengers: Endgame ‘a bit confusing’, or Godzilla ‘rather big’. Studies have suggested that a sizeable proportion of us believe at least one, and with a worldwide pandemic and […]Read More
Online spats erupted after varied reviews were released for Wonder Woman 1984 Only the fourth feature film made so far by director Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 was keenly anticipated after the success of its predecessor in 2017. With that in mind, fans must have been extremely relieved, if not ecstatic, to see the overwhelmingly […]Read More
After such a depressing year, it was only a matter of time before the lockdown-born YouTube channel The Shows Must Go On! aired a recording of this feel-good classic. Originally a 2005 film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kinky Boots became a musical in 2013 with book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. […]Read More
The popular British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley will be returning to our screens for a miniseries of Christmas specials, with actor and comedian Dawn French reprising her role as everyone’s favourite priest Geraldine Granger. The miniseries, titled The Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown, will be made up of three ten-minute episodes in which Geraldine […]Read More
“Trigger warning.” The current ubiquity of that phrase has been met with controversy and, in some cases, ridicule. One particularly charming Urban Dictionary user writes that the purpose of trigger warnings are “to warn weak-minded people who are easily offended that they might find what is being posted offensive in some way due to its […]Read More
TW: domestic abuse The passing of actor Sean Connery, best known for his on-screen portrayal of super-spy James Bond, has made headlines in seemingly every major outlet. It has also led to an outpouring of tributes by many, from fellow James Bond star Daniel Craig to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Predictably, obituary pieces have […]Read More
The game, which is set in a fantasy-based open world environment, was released for iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on September 28. Since then, it appears to have exceeded its development and marketing budget of approximately $100 million.Read More
The debut feature of writer/director Rose Glass, A24’s Saint Maud has earned a cornucopia of glowing reviews for its unsettling blend of chilling psychological thriller and grotesque body horror. We spoke to the film’s producers, Andrea Cornwell and Oliver Kassman, about the Yorkshire coast, the challenges of releasing a film during a pandemic, and why […]Read More
Reusable menstrual products are becoming more and more popular and with good reason. Not only do they skip many of the health risks associated with disposable menstrual products but, because one reusable cup can last for years after a one-off payment of around £20, they’re better for both the environment and for your bank account. […]Read More
Sony has apologised for the chaos surrounding pre-orders of its brand-new PS5 console and has promised that more pre-orders will be made available over the coming days. The corporation released the apparently genuine but brief apology on Saturday, via the official PlayStation Twitter account. The tweet acknowledged that “PS5 preorders could have been a lot […]Read More
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