The Father (2021) Review

The Father (2021) Review

‘The Father’, the feature directorial debut of Florian Zeller starring Anthony Hopkins in a career standout performance, “is a deeply unsettling depiction of how memory can betray a person”. Peter Charney reviews.

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Breaking Principles: Passive Characters in ‘Vivarium’ (2020)

Breaking Principles: Passive Characters in ‘Vivarium’ (2020)

How ‘Vivarium’ (2020) succeeds in frustrating some and enlightening others through its choice of presenting actively-passive characters against all usual writing principles. Essay by Kieran Judge.

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Black Christmas (2019) Review

Black Christmas (2019) Review

The sorority slasher is back – directed by Sophia Takal and starring Imogen Poots, this remake of Black Christmas is transported to modern times and given a thoroughly feminist spin. Read our review, as written by Sophie Butcher.

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