Crime and ‘You’
Another Netflix controversy Last year, Netflix’s show 13 Reasons Why caused public anxiety about the risk of a suicide contagion…
Visual marvel “Alita: Battle Angel” throws everything but the kitchen sink
Having owned the adaptation rights to Alita: Battle Angel for decades, producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez have finally…
“Everyone loves you. Become a party politician and everyone will hate you”
A review of I’m Not Running Considering the current political climate of the past few weeks (or months? Years?), it seems strange…
“Nina” – a careful but lacklustre addition to Lesbian exploration in cinema
Nina and Wojtek are a long-married couple hoping to become parents. This familiar story is ruptured by the entrance of…
The Unlikely Epics
“Lawrence of Arabia”, “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Star Wars” are amongst the most famous examples of epics. Even if…
“Vice”: A populist polemic that fails to inspire
Vice is angry. In telling the story of Dick Cheney, former American Vice President, Adam McKay rages through five decades…
A ‘Clare Market Review’ Review
I arrived late the journal’s launch event. Imagine my surprise when I noticed that getting into the room would prove…
2019 Film and TV Preview
The silver screen ‘The world has enough superheroes’ claimed last year’s Venom, but clearly no one listened. Prepare for the…
Splashing Out At Soho’s Corazón
Mexican cuisine has grown exponentially in influence and presence in the capital over the past 5 years – NSFW montages…
“Bandersnatch”: When TV Is Willing To Make Mistakes
Bandersnatch, the latest movie in Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror anthology, tells the story of Croydon teen Stefan Butler’s (Fionn Whitehead)…
