FIlm Review
Film Review: Nocebo
The fashion industry has a myriad of problems which no one seems to want to talk about. From fuelling eating disorders to a needlessly high impact on climate change, it’s a cutthroat business that tends to attract the most talented, chew them up and then spit them out. Young designers enter the industry and face …
Film Review: Return to Dust
Making a film in China is a tricky business at the best of times, but when it’s a period of heightened political activity the censors are on guard for anything which in any way could besmirch the ruling party or its leader. While Return to Dust had proved to be a success in the PRC, …
Film Review: Soft & Quiet
The concept of shooting a film in one single take is a vast technical undertaking. One which most directors steer well clear of, largely due to the huge amount of complexity and peril it involves. Not to mention how difficult it is to do well. Many consider it to be the zenith of the art …
Film Review: Good Night Oppy
David Bowie asked “Is there life on Mars?” The answer is possibly not, but there’s evidence to suggest there once might have been. Martians would not have been little green men though, although you never know….When we look to the stars there are countless possibilities, but could humans actually colonise another planet? The sheer logistics …
Film Review: Meet Me in The Bathroom
There are few things more exhilarating in music than being part of a scene. A group of likeminded musicians and bands who come together organically, usually around the same people or places. As a collective, they share a similar sound, mentality or ethos and, more often than not, the same fanbase. These artists feed off …
Film Review: Hunt
The political situation in a modern East Asia always seems to be a little precarious, but it’s often tensions between South Korea and North Korea which set nerves on edge. Not a year goes by, it seems, without Kim Jong-un launching a missile test and there are always citizens of the DPR looking to defect. …
Film Review: Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums
By any measure, Omar Sosa is an unusual musician and composer. The highly-influential artist studied percussion at a prestigious conservatoire in Havana before carrying out his military service during the Angolan Civil War. He then transplanted himself to Ecuador, where he used his talents to compose commercial jingles to earn a living. Before moving to …
Film Review: Holy Spider
Iran has been in the news a lot recently, and not for the right reasons. Sparked by the murder of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who had been taken into custody by the morality police, the country has been in the grip of violent protests since September. The lack of rights for women is nothing …
Film Review: A Game of Secrets
On the face of it, football agents play a vital role in the sport. Clubs and their rich owners have traditionally held all the cards when it comes to transfers and contract negotiations. Using their leverage to take advantage of (often under-educated) footballers. These middlemen (and women) paly an important role in representing their interests. …
Film Review: Doctor Who Am I
While there have always been dedicated fans of popular films and tv series, the advent of social media has driven degrees of obsession to new and worrying levels. The ability to connect with likeminded people across the globe has driven fandom to reach new heights. The desire for ‘content’ is almost unquenchable, as is the …