Connor Lightbody
INTERVIEW: Thomas Hardiman on MEDUSA DELUXE
Director of Medusa Deluxe, Thomas Hardiman, spoke about his audacious one-take whodunnit set in a hairdressing salon, about blowing up...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: MEDUSA DELUXE, Audacious Debut Snips Too Close To The Scalp
In various renditions of Greek mythology, the serpentine Gorgonite Medusa could turn unsuspecting people who caught her gaze to stone....
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: FERRARI, Enzo Biopic Has A Flat Tyre
The creator of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari, once said, “If you ask a child to draw a car, they’ll draw it red”. The Ferrari camp has exuded...
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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
INTERVIEW: Thomas Schubert on AFIRE
Thomas Schubert sat down to talk about his role as Leon, the lead in Christian Petzold’s dramedy AFIRE: a film about a self obsessed...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: THE ROYAL HOTEL, Tense Outback Thriller Takes On Misogyny
In 2019, Kitty Green’s narrative feature debut, THE ASSISTANT, premiered at Sundance to critical acclaim. The film, which featured Julia...
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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
INTERVIEW: Ira Sachs on PASSAGES
At Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ira Sachs spoke about his newest film, PASSAGES. The story is a wonderfully prickly tale about...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
INTERVIEW: Charlotte Regan on SCRAPPER
Charlotte Regan is the director of Sundance darling Scrapper, a lovely indie film about a strong-willed young girl Georgie (Lola...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
INTERVIEW: Jeanie Finlay on YOUR FAT FRIEND
Jeanie Finlay’s documentary Your Fat Friend is a wonderful, empathetic film chronicling the journey of author and activist Aubrey Gordon....
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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
REVIEW: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Andy Kaufman Documentary Brings Little New To Kaufman Lore
In the late 70s, the comedy scene was taken by storm by Jewish comedian Andy Kaufman, whose act was to be as deliberately, abrasively...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 22 min read
REVIEW: ANATOMY OF A FALL, A Cold And Calculating French Courtoom Drama
Receiving one of the most prestigious awards on the film calendar will always set a film apart, bringing more intense scrutiny with it....
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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 21 min read
REVIEW: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY, A Pale Immitation Of Spielbergian Joy
The public opinion surrounding the quality of the Indiana Jones saga has always oscillated between undying love and sacrilegious tripe....
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
REVIEW: THE LESSON Leans Too Lightly On Neccessary Schlock
In a postmodern world, there is no such thing as originality. We, as a society, are stagnant, stuck in a perpetual reimagining of the...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
REVIEW: AFIRE, An Uneven But Blisteringly Barbed Writer Drama
The annals of film have long shown the fallibility of the ‘writer’s retreat’. Continuing that long held pessimism is Christian Petzold’s...
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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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Connor Lightbody
Jan 21 min read
REVIEW: MONICA, An Affecting, Delicate Drama Is A Rare Progressive Gem
The mere knowledge of what Andrea Pallaoro’s Monica is about is itself a spoiler for the rich, emotional catharsis that occurs the moment...
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