Talk To Her (2003) and the media’s dangerous sexualisation of victims
Almodóvar’s film Hablé con Ella (Talk to Her, 2003) aestheticizes the female body, masking sexual violence in ways that are…
Sex Education Season 2 – a letdown expected for a first-timer, not a second
Sex Education season one was pretty great. I remember it being good-looking, sexy, cool, aware, and honest, whilst, yes, giving…
Sex does not thrive on monotony: re-visiting Anais Nin on her 117th birthday
Dear Collector: We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it…
Call Me When You Get This: In conversation with Sebastian Mullen
Call Me When You Get This premiered on the 31st of January 2020. Second-year IR student Sebastian Mullen wrote, starred…
Just Mercy – redemption, justice, and more besides ★★★
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx star in this refined, fresh, yet emotionally bruising interpretation of the relationship between lawyer…
The Welkin – 12 angry women ★★★★
Some argue that current culture is plagued with a lack of originality: the reproduction of eighties fashion; the deluge of…
Steve McQueen: Year Three – mighty and tender ★★★★★
Steve McQueen’s staggering career has led him to win both an Academy Award and the Turner Prize before the age…
Banal Bicycle Club?
Note to reader: Bombay Bicycle Club is one of my favourite bands. Their 2014 album So Long See You Tomorrow…
Easy Life’s Junk Food satisfies but doesn’t fill up
I’ve been anticipating this album for a while. I want to write about different albums from all corners of the…
What’s coming up: February 2020 in film, in print, on TV, and on stage
Films Perhaps the most anticipated film in February is Birds of Prey, the Suicide Squad spin-off, which says a lot…
