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Julieta Aguirre Chavarria
Nov 195 min read
‘Gladiator II’ Review: Rhinos and Monkeys and Sharks, Oh my!
After Ridley Scott’s latest faux pas (yes Napoleon , I’m looking at you) it was hard not to worry about the possibility of a Gladiator...
Stella Wright
Nov 174 min read
‘Woman of the Hour’ Review: Mind Games and Murder
With Woman of the Hour , Anna Kendrick steps behind the camera for the first time, delivering a gripping directorial debut and quickly...
Ariana Nazir
Nov 154 min read
'Layla' Review: Embracing Identity, Defying Expectations
Layla (2024) is Amrou Al-Kadhi’s stunning directorial debut, depicting the journey of the non-binary trans ‘Layla’ ( Bilal Hasna), who...
Julieta Aguirre Chavarria
Nov 124 min read
‘We Live in Time’ LFF 2024 Review: Cancer and Scrambled Eggs
Back in April, the behind-the-scenes pictures leaked onto our social media feeds, and a buzz of autumnal excitement grew among rom-com...
Akane Hayashi
Nov 124 min read
The Most Enduring Communal Piece of Music: Royal Albert Hall Presents Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
An exploration of the political implications (or not) of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
Anainah Dalal
Nov 74 min read
Hamare Sapne Ek Hain (Our Dreams are One): A review of ‘The Queen of My Dreams’
Almost every South Asian child, from the subcontinent and beyond, has grown up with a Bollywood influence. We live and breathe Bollywood,...
Hannah Tang
Nov 65 min read
Sinister Spirals and Female Bodies – Revisiting The First Season of ‘True Detective’ (2014)
In a world of police procedurals, be the first season of HBO’s True Detective . Cary Joji Fukunaga’s critically acclaimed nonlinear...
Anushree Anand
Nov 43 min read
‘2073’ LFF 2024 Review: We Live in a Society
Inspired by Chris Marker 's 1962 short film La Jetée, Asif Kapadia’s 2073 premiered to a full house at the London Film Festival....
Anushree Anand
Nov 43 min read
‘Stranger Eyes’ LFF 2024 Review: Somebody’s Watching
Stranger Eyes , directed by Yeo Siew Hua, was advertised as a mystery thriller by the London Film Festival brochure. The still attached...
Anushree Anand
Nov 44 min read
‘The Wolves Always Come at Night’ LFF 2024 Review: Climate Crises in the Indigenous World
Gabrielle Brady’s hybrid documentary-drama The Wolves Always Come at Night screened at the London Film Festival as a submission for the...
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