As people around the UK are either in self-isolation, let go from their jobs or working from home, a lot of free time has opened up in our normally hectic schedules. As a semi-agoraphobic Millennial whose idea of a perfect evening is eating instant ramen on the sofa and going to bed at 10pm, this […]Read More
When Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released in 1997, little did we know how much of an international giant it would become—a further six books, eight films, two spin-off films, a play, theme parks, video games and more. Although it’s still a franchise nestled in (most of) our hearts, it maybe hasn’t aged […]Read More
After the beautiful and bizarre High Life saw blockbuster-star-turned-indie-darling Robert Pattinson team up with acclaimed French auter Claire Denis, the film industry’s most unlikely duo will reunite for a new project. In this adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel, Pattinson will star alongside Margaret Qualley, who broke through in 2019 with her role of the […]Read More
After an awards season rife with controversy, infighting and a lot of white men, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its list of Oscars nominations for the past twelve months of film. With some welcome surprises and a smidgeon more diversity than the BAFTAs could trudge up, there is also the […]Read More
I wasn’t that excited to see 1917. Firstly, it’s a war film, which as a general rule I don’t get along with: patriotism, toxic masculinity, the waste of human life. And then the cast: stalwart after stalwart of the Serious British Drama Film, pale, male and stale. I despise war narratives that depict the Western […]Read More
Searchlight Pictures has just closed a deal on Going Electric, in which Timothée Chalamet will play a young incarnation of Bob Dylan as he made the jump from folk to rock music. One can’t help but feel excited about the news. A quick glance at James Mangold’s filmography immediately sets him up as a director […]Read More
120 Beats Per Minute Robin Campillo’s outstanding 120 Beats Per Minute is a film that stays with you long after the credits have finished rolling. A thudding, loud, fist-clenching, fist-pumping, goosebump-inducing tour de force, it is as harrowing as it is hopeful, bursting with as much love as it is anger. This Cannes Grand Prix […]Read More
In a short documentary that screened prior to the 20th-anniversary re-release of Eyes Wide Shut, Warner Bros. VP Julian Senior reveals how Stanley Kubrick was “fascinated by holidays.” The director, who notoriously developed a fear of flying, just didn’t see the appeal. “What’s the point of holidays? What do they do?” He couldn’t grasp the […]Read More
Cinema has been a lot this year. We’ve seen Robert Pattinson masturbating furiously in a stinky sea enclave, people burnt alive at a Swedish summer retreat, sad space travel, an imaginary Hitler, doppelganger-horror, pop-terrorism – even a space dungeon with a fuckbox. And so to end the year with quiet naturalism, a U-rated family drama […]Read More
Let’s face it - we need a new British Christmas movie.Read More
If, like me, you devoured the hit podcasts Serial and S-Town and are in desperate need of new material to support your growing career as a detective, fear not. The podcast boom is still well and truly reverberating with many twisty, cerebral and gripping pods still emerging, drawing listeners in with their nuanced and perceptive observations of crimes that […]Read More
While Disney has been churning out stale, emotionally-lacking remakes of their nineties golden-era films in live action or hyperreal CGI form, film lovers have still been holding quiet hope for their subsidiary company, Pixar, to deliver the fun, nostalgic, and weepy animation we deserve. Enter Soul, an upcoming animation film starring Jamie Foxx and Tina […]Read More
Disappointingly, most of the restaurants you see in iconic film scenes are carefully built sets. You can’t enter a twist contest at Pulp Fiction‘s Jack Rabbit Slim’s, get on the guest-list of Dorsia from American Psycho or visit the pastel-hued Mendl’s Bakery from The Grand Budapest Hotel. However, from rom-coms to gangster epics, a surprising […]Read More
Filming has just wrapped on an upcoming romantic drama film titled Supernova, starring none other than international treasures Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. Filmed against the stunning scenery of the Lake District, the emotional-sounding storyline is set to follow long-term couple Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci) as they travel across England in their old RV […]Read More
Since charming horror enthusiasts and regular film fans alike with supernatural indie The VVitch (2015) and soon-to-be-released monochromatic maritime nightmare The Lighthouse (2019), ascending director Robert Eggers has just announced his third feature film to palpable online excitement. The Northman is set to be a viking revenge saga, written by Eggers in collaboration with the […]Read More
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