Wandavision and the shape of grief Mary Blackburn·3 April 2021Mary Blackburn ties the power of Wanda Maximoff’s pain to her own experience of lossFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
BFI Flare: Cowboys Alessia Galatini·23 March 2021Anna Kerrigan’s LGBT revisionist Western is a much-needed infusion of tendernessFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Sweet Home: horror, desire and the action woman trope Amber Wisteria·21 March 2021The latest Netflix release subverts the impossible beauty standards of K-dramasFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
With Malcolm & Marie, nothing is black and white Jenna Kirby·24 February 2021Jenna Kirby dives deep into the exhausting rawness of Levinson’s latest releaseFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Cocoon: portrait of a slow transformation Pippa Sterk·17 February 2021Pippa Sterk interviews director Leonie Krippendorff about her new featureFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Jill and the female carer Pippa Sterk·8 February 2021It’s a Sin doesn’t offer a recognition of care work but rather an idealisation of it Film & TV·0 Comments·0
How many more promising young women are we willing to sacrifice? Alessia Galatini·2 February 2021The latest release by Emerald Fennell is an exercise in gaslighting that stabs you in the back Film & TV·0 Comments·0
The Duke of Hastings was raped Alexandra Cocksworth·30 January 2021Let’s unpack the strange sexual dynamics of Bridgerton Film & TV·0 Comments·0
Tragedy in the Garden of Eden Carmen Walker-Vazquez·19 January 2021Pieces of a Woman is a destructive tale weighed down by its own symbolismFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
The Wilds is a brave new world Alessia Galatini·14 January 2021Have you ever wondered what society would be like without men? Film & TV·1 Comment·0
The Prom: too much and not enough Pippa Sterk·29 December 2020Pippa Sterk is disappointed by the marginalisation of the main queer storyline in Ryan Murphy’s latest releaseFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Happiest Season can be both silly and a revolution Alessia Galatini·24 December 2020Alessia Galatini ponders why the LGBT community tends to hold queer films to a higher standard than mainstream fare Film & TV·0 Comments·0
Fat activism on film Lissy Lovett·17 December 2020Lissy Lovett is cheered by Barbican’s programme focusing on fat bodiesFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
What does gender-based violence look like? Alessia Galatini·29 November 202016 Days 16 Films 2020 tackles the issue of gender-based violence with poignancy but without traumaFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Throwback Thursday: The Watermelon Woman Pippa Sterk·20 November 2020A new monthly thread looks back at classic films through a modern lens Film & TV·0 Comments·0
Against the Tides doesn’t quite turn the tide on the disablist discourse Antonia Louisa Georgiou·15 November 2020Antonia Louisa Georgiou reviews the new documentary on British marathon swimmer Beth FrenchFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Wicked Winters: production company with a difference Alessia Galatini·3 November 2020Novelist and filmmaker Jade Winters talks to Alessia Galatini about her exciting journey from a romance novel writer to a crime film directorFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
New Nigerian film For Maria Ebun Pataki breaks the silence Alessia Galatini·28 October 2020Unspoken, unseen and unforgiving: we need to talk about postpartum depression Film & TV·0 Comments·0
