• One-Shot Filmmaking

    At the end of July, the long-running medical drama Casualty wrapped its 31st season with a finale completely composed of a single, 48-minute-long shot. Although some viewers may not have enjoyed it – complaining that it left them feeling queasy – it’s indisputable that one-shot filmmaking is a testament...
  • Trailer Watch: Brigsby Bear

    After the teaser trailer release from a few months ago effused a sense of unease, this brand new, longer sneak peak sheds light on the comedy-drama that first previewed at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. As a newborn baby, James (Kyle Mooney) was abducted and raised by...
  • Trailer Watch: The Shape of Water

    The first trailer released for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water sets it up to be beautiful, heart-warming and poignant in equal measure; personally, I cannot wait. Set against the Cold War, Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is a mute janitor whose work at a secluded laboratory often leaves her...
  • Look Out For… August

    August is always an interesting time in the film calendar. As networks prepare for the jam-packed ‘fall TV’ schedule, studios release projects that are too quirky to be considered awards bait, too avant-garde to be labelled tent-pole movies. With that in mind, this month brings a veritable pick-and-mix of...
  • Trailer Watch – Ready Player One

    During the recent San Diego Comic-Con, a sense of nostalgia was more than just noticeable. From Stranger Things to Blade Runner 2049, if the Goonies had turned up in a DeLorean no one would have blinked twice. The cherry on this proverbial cake was the first trailer for Steven...
  • Trailer Watch: The Greatest Showman

    Despite missing out at the top gong of this year’s Oscars, La La Land’s unprecedented success has still managed to cause ripples in Hollywood’s lake of cinematic universes and delayed sequels. To add to those ripples is the sudden rise of musical films currently in production, such as a...
  • Look Out For. . . July

    Another year of university has come and gone, bringing us ever closer to the moment many are to enter. . . the real world. But before I induce an existential, quarter-life crisis, I’ll move on to the plethora of films coming out this month – blockbusters and horrors aplenty....