Film and Television
Review – Damsels in Distress
When is a comedy not a comedy? The line is often blurred; for example, Alexander Payne has made a career out of films that, while not comedies on the surface, successfully merge dramatic with comedic elements to impressive effect. Whit Stillman’s fourth feature – a tale of teenage depression, angst…
Review – The Cabin in the Woods
Review – Delicacy
Screentest Festival 2012
Founded in Bristol back in 2004, ‘Screentest’ is the UK’s National Student Film Festival. Now based in Southbank University in London, the festival showcases short films from university students across the country. Broken into 7 genre-groups; Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Thriller/Horror, Experimental, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Animation/Music Video, and with 6…
Review – Recoil
Review – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
This slow, contemplative Turkish drama cleverly intertwines its subtle plotlines but fails to deliver the immersion or emotional impact desired from a picture that exceeds 150 minutes. The first chapter comprises solely of a team of local police officers, a prosecutor, and a doctor searching the countryside –…
Pirates! A review and a look at Aardman Productions
Review – Headhunters
The appetite for Scandinavian thrillers shows no sign of relenting. The Swedish adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millenium’ trilogy spawned a lucrative Hollywood remake as well as achieving global distribution and a substancial return at the international box office. The Danes lead the way on the small screen with…







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