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Author: Hope Talbot

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Feature: Divine retribution in The Crown’s critique of the establishment

December 2, 2020 Hope Talbot peter morgan, the crown

Now in its fourth season, The Crown serves us a blockbuster era of Royal dramatic tragedy, with plenty of divine retribution to boot.

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Feature: Are the Cineworld closures the end of cinema as we know it?

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Hope Talbot Christopher Nolan, cinemas, cineworld

After another disappointing announcement from another sector in the arts industry, what is the future of cinemas in the UK?

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Feature: The morality of screenwriting your trauma in I May Destroy You

August 1, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel

In I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel asks whether processing the trauma of sexual assault through screenwriting the answer to recovery.

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Lockdown Looking Glass: Taking a Day Off with Ferris Bueller

July 8, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot 80s, Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick

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.

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Lockdown Looking Glass: Revisiting Cast Away while stranded in isolation

June 24, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks

Grab your new-found quarantine object friend, be it a lampshade, or a volleyball named Wilson, as we discuss Cast Away’s renewed relevance.

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Lockdown Looking Glass: Are we all living our own Groundhog Day?

June 10, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Lockdown

In our new series, Lockdown Looking Glass, we’ll be looking back on films that hit a little differently in lockdown.

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TV review: Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood is a glitter-covered confusion

May 26, 2020 Hope Talbot Hollywood, Netflix, Queen Latifah, Ryan Murphy

Murphy is a kooky-creative turned revisionist historian in the glitter-covered confusion of his new series, Hollywood.

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Feature: Fleabag Live, and the shifting shape of the strong female lead

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Hope Talbot Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 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?

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Feature: Spirited Away and Miyazaki’s pitch perfect critique of capitalism

April 19, 2020April 20, 2020 Hope Talbot Animation, Anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli

In our first edition of Studio Ghibli Sundays, Hope Talbot asks how Spirited Away has impacted the potential for satire in animation.

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Film review: Tigertail is a touching tribute to Asian-American immigrants

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 Hope Talbot #tigertail, Alan Yang, Christine Ko, Tzi Ma

Master of None co-creator Alan Yang delivers a deeply personal homage to the sacrifices of Asian-American immigrants with Tigertail.

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