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
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
Why was this needed? Pippa Sterk·21 October 2020Pippa Sterk offers her take on the 2020 adaption of The Boys in the Band Film & TV·0 Comments·0
Rocks: a timeless yet refreshing exploration of friendship and girlhood Genevieve Richardson·3 October 2020 Let’s talk about Rocks without invoking the ambiguous marker of ‘authenticity’Film & TV·0 Comments·0
Beyond the red light Pauline Blanchet·29 September 2020A new British documentary explores the impact of Covid-19 on sex workFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
The hypocrisy of the Cuties controversy Antonia Louisa Georgiou·28 September 2020Antonia Louisa Georgiou argues that, while the voyeurism of Cuties’ trailer repulses viewers, male directors are getting away with far worseFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Make Up: sexuality, monsters and caravans Olivia Neilson·17 September 2020Olivia Neilson is struck by the powerful queer allegory of Oakley’s feature debutFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
“Your life is either defined by the system or by the way you defy the system” Alessia Galatini·6 August 2020Netflix documentary Disclosure explores trans representation in mediaFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
The unapologetic queerness of She-Ra Sophie Perry·19 June 2020Sophie Perry appreciates season five’s spotlight on queer creativity Film & TV·0 Comments·0
“Hollywood” is not for straight white people: deal with it Alessia Galatini·21 May 2020Alessia Galatini pushes for Netflix’s latest release to get the recognition it deservesFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
The end of the chick flick Iona Westlake·19 May 2020Iona Westlake explains why the term is outdated and we should stop using itFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Did yet another movie forget about intersectionality? Ashleigh Riseley·10 May 2020Ashleigh Riseley is disappointed by Misbehaviour’s unwillingness to offer black women the centre stage Film & TV·0 Comments·0
Exploring one’s complex reality Alessia Galatini·19 April 2020Alessia Galatini listens to Haifaa al-Mansour breaking down her second feature shot in SaudiFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Movies never gave me a language, but they gave me a look Alessia Galatini·31 March 2020Christina Newland’s collection of essays is a fun yet precise analysis of women discovering their sexualities through filmBooksFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
The burning questions of Little Fires Everywhere Sojourner McKenzie·26 March 2020Sojourner McKenzie discusses the often-uncomfortable intersectional feminism of Hulu’s latest releaseFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Queen and Slim is no Bonnie and Clyde Ashleigh Riseley·22 March 2020Ashleigh Riseley praises Matsoukas’s feature debut and her homages to the African-American communityFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Who’s the real uncut gem? Olivia Neilson·28 February 2020Despite the critics’ roars, Olivia Neilson is not impressed by the Safdie brothers’ treatment of Uncut Gems co-star Julia FoxFilm & TV·0 Comments·0
Unexciting casting but fabulous clothes Lissy Lovett·17 February 2020Lissy Lovett is drawn into the charm of a new film adaption of Emma, but wishes it had been bolder in its treatment of the source materialFilm & TV·0 Comments·0