Beauty’s Background
Toni Bestard’s short film Background, broadcasted on Arte this month, radiates a poetic understanding of cinema. It is a meta-narrative,…
BIIG PIIG: Ham-mer Time ★★★★
Jess Smyth (Biig Piig) released her newest EP, No Place For Patience, Vol. 3, on 1 November, and continues to…
Revisiting The Little Mermaid— 30 Years Afloat
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, a coming-of-age story loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy…
Monos – Monos Goes Bananas ★★★★★
Monos deserves all the praise it’s received. This is a film with stunning cinematography, riveting acting, and captivating themes. Directed…
What’s on in November? We’ve got your back!
What’s on in November? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! The run-up to Christmas is always an awkward one. But…
Rafiki – Love in a hopeless place ★★★
“[You mean] the whole church was watching me and what I was doing?” “Yes.” This exchange from Rafiki encompasses the…
Ghost Stories – A Halloween Treat ★★★★★
To demonstrate the brilliance of this show: after I saw it, I couldn’t sleep until 3 am. When I felt…
Who Wants BURGERZ?
This summer, I had the privilege of attending the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, thanks to the incredible Fringe of Colour scheme,…
Girl, Woman, Other – A Love Letter to Black Womanhood ★★★★
Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to co-win the Booker Prize, alongside Margaret Atwood. Her book, Girl, Woman, Other,…
Toni Morrison: The Power of Truth and Language
Toni Morrison died on August 5, 2019, at the age of 88. Morrison‘s work shed light on truths of American…
