How Music Reframes the Violence in You Were Never Really Here
How the music composed by Jonny Greenwood for ‘You Were Never Really Here’ borrows from Aphex Twin to create a dialogue between character and narrative. Essay by Cole Clark.
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How Every Element in the Final Sequence from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Works To Create A Wonderfully Disturbing Finale
How Anthony Minghella’s ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ borrows from Hitchcock and Film Noir to create a phenomenal and tense final sequence. Analysis by Sophie Cook.
Read MoreThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) Review
Mark Herman’s memorable 2008 holocaust drama ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is a movie with a “hard-hitting and emotional narrative”, “a deserved classic for future cinephiles”. Bethen Blackabee reviews.
Read MoreThe World’s End (2013) Review
The Cornetto Trilogy came to an end with ‘The World’s End’ (2013), with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright offering perhaps their most underrated film. Christopher Connor reviews.
Read MoreBilly Elliot (2000) Review
“It’s been twenty years since Billy Elliot burst onto cinema screens, and its portrait of the North East remains just as moving and inspiring today.” Angel Lloyd reviews ‘Billy Elliot’ (2000).
Read MoreNever Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) Review
Eliza Hittman film ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’, succeeds at telling the tale of a teenage girl seeking abortion in the United States through empathy and authenticity. Pagan Carruthers reviews.
Read MoreThe Elephant Man (1980) Review
David Lynch film ‘The Elephant Man’ (1980), starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins, “maintains its poignant sting” some 40 years later. Angel Lloyd reviews.
Read MoreReel Women’s Network – A New Platform for Female Filmmakers Around the Globe
Introducing the Reel Women’s Network, featuring media content exclusively from women filmmakers around the globe – created by women, for women. News story by Emma Kershaw.
Read MoreSuperhero Bust: The Future of the Superhero Genre
Have we seen the pinnacle of the superhero movie mountain? Gillian MacLeod looks at the facts, analysing the genre in conjunction with a prominent film theory in this special superhero movie essay.
Read More‘Green Street’ and Toxic Masculinity
Toxic masculinity and violence in ‘Green Street’ (2005) starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. How critique of the film seems to have missed the point, as written by George Forster.
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March 29, 2024
Austin Butler to Star in Darren Aronofsky Crime Thriller
Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'