Connor Lightbody
FEATURE: Glasgow Film Festival curtain raiser
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
FEATURE: The Moral Complications of ‘Baby Reindeer’ and Introspective Art
It seems you can’t turn a corner at the moment, whether online or in your social circles, without someone mentioning Netflix’s new...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
FEATURE: The problem with Dune Part Two's ending is with Arrival
Well, here we are. After being delayed over five months because of the SAG-AFTRA strikes, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune: Part...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 142 min read
Program Notes: HOARD
Unapologetic and unfiltered, Hoard is a bold coming-of-age psychodrama that tackles the mental strife of a young woman’s burgeoning...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
FEATURE: No, ORIGIN didn't need to be a documentary
We are often told that films are an escape from our real lives. We love watching two hours of pictures lighting up a screen at 24 frames...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
FEATURE: BLUE JEAN & Media-reinforced Heteronormativity
There is a central idea between the dramatic unfoldings of BLUE JEAN: internalised homophobia triggers a fight or flight response. Walter...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
FEATURE: Boys won’t be boys: How Magic Mike XXL denounces toxic masculinity
When Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike first erupted gloriously onto screens, reviews appeared that couldn’t help but be seen as stained by...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
FEATURE: Audience Vs RottenTomatoes Vs Critics
Every few months, the internet battles it out over who to believe when it comes to movies: critics or the audience. Read some of the...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
FEATURE: OPPENHEIMER, How Nolan's Fractured Man Is Fictional No More
Oppenheimer‘s director Christopher Nolan has always been interested in the fractured man and their search for penance within his...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
FEATURE: PAST LIVES & The Meet-Cute Legacy of Before Sunrise
Premiering at Sundance Film Festival in early 2023 was Celine Song’s miraculously resonant film Past Lives, which has gone from strength...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 22 min read
FEATURE: Sex Education Season Four Falls Victim to its Own Success
We’ve all been there. Our favourite show is snatched away from us before we’re emotionally ready to let go. Before the series naturally...
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