There was an air of anticipation when I arrived at Watershed for the advanced screening of Aftersun. Many of the attendees had seen the rave reviews pour in from the London Film Festival; headlines touted a landmark directorial debut showcasing masterful acting. Upon exiting the cinema, anticipation transformed into hesitancy in trying to fully process […]
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Everyone goes through their own unique music journey in life. When you combine my Nan’s specific love for Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, listening to Best of T.Rex disc one every holiday, and receiving several hours of French Techno from a cousin’s iTunes library, you could predict my taste would be a little odd. Naturally then,
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On 11th September 1973, the Chilean Army’s Commander-in-Chief Augusto Pinochet seized political power from the President Salvador Allende in a coup d’état,‘ liberating’ the country from the world’s first democratically-elected Marxist leader. After Allende’s success in November 1970, the CIA (under instruction from Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger) spent $8 million to create the greatest
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As we come to the end of this mini-season, what I have been most impressed with regarding Florence Pugh is her versatility. Pugh’s 2019 contained three leading roles in critically acclaimed films of different genres – a significant feat unmatched by many others. Even from a logistical standpoint this achievement is impressive, as finishing shooting
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I have always struggled with period dramas. As a child, they were slow and boring compared to loud action thrillers. As a teenager, they were silly and boring when it was clear I wasn’t the target audience. As a young (dare I say little) man, I was restricted by my inability to access feelings and
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Being from a working class family, a trip to the cinema was treated as a prestigious event. Nowadays, prices have been cut and special offers introduced to regain the audience lost to streaming services, but the cost still remains expensive. Therefore, when I say I’ve seen a film twice at the cinema, there must be
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It is with great shame that I must admit to being a fan of wrestling. I first discovered the sport in primary school, where we pretended to be our favourite wrestlers in the Royal Rumble or a Steel Cage (aka garden trampoline). I wore out the disc of Survivor Series 2003 and No Way Out
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Squeezed in between Summer Blockbusters and anticipation for Halloween Horror is the Venice Film Festival. Considered as one of the ‘Big Three’ alongside Cannes and Berlin, it is the world’s oldest Film Festival (though I am sure they would like to downplay the founders) and this prestige usually spells Oscar nominations on the horizon. However,
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It’s pretty safe to say that life was altered for everyone in March 2020. Granted, some were more affected than others, but there’s no denying it was a drastic global change. Whilst the amount of pandemic pieces on rule-breakers and hybrid work conditions has already flooded the internet like some kind of viral movement, beneath
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Being a carer is an incredibly demanding job. Mentally, it requires patience and empathy underlined by the constant pressure of responsibility. When you then include the heavy lifting involved and covering daily tasks for two, it becomes very physically taxing too. Considering that 1 in 7 people balance their duties with another job, the levels
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