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Blake Simons
May 27, 20242 min read
Identity, Transformation, and Achievement: Sundance London Returns For Its 2024 Edition
Ahead of its arrival at Central London screens in early June, Blake Simons dispatches this year's Sundance line-up and what we should...
Marine Pellissier
May 21, 20244 min read
'There’s Still Tomorrow' Review: A Remarkable Take On A Past That Reflects Our Present
On October 26, 2023, C’è ancora domani, or There’s Still Tomorrow in English, was released in theaters in Italy and quickly became a hit....
Barney Nuttall
May 13, 20243 min read
'Challengers' Review: Tennis Has Never Been This Sexy
Tennis has never been this sexy. Challengers, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, ducks and weaves through lusting gazes, homoerotic...
Akane Hayashi
May 13, 20245 min read
Chronic Youth Film Festival Presents Gregg Araki’s Nowhere + Discussion on Film Music
Outcast adolescents beneath the underdog take centre stage in Japanese-American director Gregg Araki’s youth-oriented films. Notorious...
OisÃn McGilloway
May 13, 20249 min read
In Conversation With Barbican's Chronic Youth Film Festival Young Programmers
Ahead of Barbican Cinema's annual Chronic Youth Film Festival, the festival that celebrates the work of the young programmers in this...
Anwesh Banerjee
May 6, 20245 min read
'La Chimera' Review: Josh O’Connor Looks For Lost Love In Rohrwacher’s Meditation On Loss
Watching Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, I couldn’t help returning to D. H. Lawrence’s late-career lyric Bavarian Gentians. Written in the...
OisÃn McGilloway
Apr 23, 20245 min read
We Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen…Mon Oncle
In a bid to match his excitement for this film, I’m going to shamelessly use the assertive, if enigmatic, opening phrase of Roger Ebert’s...
OisÃn McGilloway
Apr 22, 20244 min read
‘Coconut Head Generation’ Review: A Young Person’s Guide To Activist Filmmaking
The film opens in a distant, grainy, black-and-white past, showing us the opening ceremony for the permanent buildings of Ibadan...
Blake Simons
Apr 9, 202412 min read
In Conversation With Sav Rodgers, Director of 'Chasing Chasing Amy'
When Sav Rodgers was twelve years old, he encountered Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith’s 1997 independent slacker comedy about a cisgender...
Stefi Komala
Mar 29, 20244 min read
In Conversation with Max Mir, Director of 'Walking Fernando'
Max Mir is an award-winning director who has recently moved to London. I met with him to discuss his latest film, his chance encounter...
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