Alana Bowen | Content Writer Poor Things (2023), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, is a gothic bildungsroman inspired by the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. We follow the journey of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a pregnant woman discovered in a river by Dr Godwin “God” Baxter (Willem Dafoe), who reanimates her Frankenstein-style. But rather than simply bring Bella back to life, Dr God transplants the unborn child’s … Continue reading Poor Things: The Duality of Maturity

G.G. Townsend | Film Editor It’s a strange grievance to have, I know – I’m essentially asking why so many musicians suffer from the same problems. The answer, ostensibly, is that the music industry is a toxic environment, populated by megalomaniacs and corporate psychopaths. Drug use encouraged, romance prohibited, corrupt managers as standard. In terms of the movie industry, though, it’s clear that over the past … Continue reading Why Are All Music Biopics the Same?

Arlo North | Content Writer Let’s be honest, the Oscars don’t have the best track record when it comes to best picture nominations. These infamous snubs range from icons such as Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to modern classics such as Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street could Talk and David Fincher’s Zodiac. However, the most criminal of Oscar leftovers are often foreign films, with the … Continue reading Society of the Snow: Snubbed but not Forgotten

Ryan Grant-Khailani | Content Writer The Netflix reality TV show, Selling Sunset, has premiered its seventh season, and if the sibilance of “Selling Sunset season seven” does not unnerve you, perhaps a brief insight into the show will. The substance of the show is hollow. In short, this entire series serves as a property advertisement for the Oppenheim Group, but disguises this by foregrounding petty … Continue reading Selling Sunset Season 7 – Modern day Blood Sport, Pacifying the Masses with Glamour.

James Webb | Content Writer Writer-Director Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (2023) is designed to shock. The film explores how far someone can go to fit into a world that isn’t theirs. Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver Quick, a working-class Oxford student who attempts to assimilate with the Oxfordian elite and make friends with the aristocratic Felix. Saltburn is a warning of the danger of pushing obsession … Continue reading Saltburn: Neo-Gothic Chaos and the Dangers of Desire

G.G. Townsend | Content Writer The Killer follows an assassin stationed in Paris, waiting in the shadows for his target. When they finally show up, The Killer botches the job, putting himself in danger from the client that originally hired him. First, he must escape, then – after he finds his female friend in critical condition following an attack on his safe house – he sets out … Continue reading The Killer: David Fincher’s assassin adaptation that ultimately misses its mark

Ryan Grant-Khailani | Content Writer The absurdly crude Big Mouth returned to Netflix in September 2023 with its penultimate season. This season centres a canonical growth to the characters whom audiences have learned to hold in shameful regard, with the cast graduating from Middle School and heading to High School (but not for nine more episodes, as the title of episode one informs us). Season … Continue reading Big Mouth’s Graduation Day: Season 7 Review