Feature: Divine retribution in The Crown’s critique of the establishment
Now in its fourth season, The Crown serves us a blockbuster era of Royal dramatic tragedy, with plenty of divine retribution to boot.
Read more
Author: Hope Talbot
Feature: Are the Cineworld closures the end of cinema as we know it?
After another disappointing announcement from another sector in the arts industry, what is the future of cinemas in the UK?
Read more
Feature: The morality of screenwriting your trauma in I May Destroy You
In I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel asks whether processing the trauma of sexual assault through screenwriting the answer to recovery.
Read more
Lockdown Looking Glass: Taking a Day Off with Ferris Bueller
We’re looking at a John Hughes classic in this Lockdown Looking Glass, as we reconsider the ’80s joy of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Read more
Lockdown Looking Glass: Revisiting Cast Away while stranded in isolation
Grab your new-found quarantine object friend, be it a lampshade, or a volleyball named Wilson, as we discuss Cast Away’s renewed relevance.
Read more
Lockdown Looking Glass: Are we all living our own Groundhog Day?
In our new series, Lockdown Looking Glass, we’ll be looking back on films that hit a little differently in lockdown.
Read more
TV review: Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood is a glitter-covered confusion
Murphy is a kooky-creative turned revisionist historian in the glitter-covered confusion of his new series, Hollywood.
Read more
Feature: Fleabag Live, and the shifting shape of the strong female lead
From stage show, to BAFTA-winning series, and back to stage show once more, how has Fleabag changed our perceptions of strong female leads?
Read more
Feature: Spirited Away and Miyazaki’s pitch perfect critique of capitalism
In our first edition of Studio Ghibli Sundays, Hope Talbot asks how Spirited Away has impacted the potential for satire in animation.
Read more
Film review: Tigertail is a touching tribute to Asian-American immigrants
Master of None co-creator Alan Yang delivers a deeply personal homage to the sacrifices of Asian-American immigrants with Tigertail.
Read more