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What Could Go Wrong? Notes on Camp in D.E.B.S
Jo Reid writes on the subversive lesbian romance of D.E.B.S
What Could Go Wrong? Notes on Camp in D.E.B.S
Jo Reid writes on the subversive lesbian romance of D.E.B.S
Small Pleasures: Amélie At 20 And The Deconstru...
Aliya Arman wrotes on the nostalgic, hyperreal legacy of Amélie.
Small Pleasures: Amélie At 20 And The Deconstru...
Aliya Arman wrotes on the nostalgic, hyperreal legacy of Amélie.
Learning to Live: On the Ethos of Nomadland
Brianna Zigler writes on the dissonant ethics of Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland.
Learning to Live: On the Ethos of Nomadland
Brianna Zigler writes on the dissonant ethics of Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland.
Rip It Up and Start Again: Redefining Boundarie...
Emma Pirnay writes on boundaries and the French New Wave in Irma Vep.
Rip It Up and Start Again: Redefining Boundarie...
Emma Pirnay writes on boundaries and the French New Wave in Irma Vep.
Fetch The Bolt Cutters: Notes on Rage and Grief...
Hannah Strong writes on sexual assault, Promising Young Woman and I May Destroy You.
Fetch The Bolt Cutters: Notes on Rage and Grief...
Hannah Strong writes on sexual assault, Promising Young Woman and I May Destroy You.
Indulgence in Life: The Symbiosis of Art and Se...
Elle Haywood explores the legacy of Tove Jansson in Tove.
Indulgence in Life: The Symbiosis of Art and Se...
Elle Haywood explores the legacy of Tove Jansson in Tove.
The Soft Side of Dystopia: Never Let Me Go and ...
Katie Kirkpatrick writes on the softness of dystopia in Never Let Me Go and ‘Punisher’.
The Soft Side of Dystopia: Never Let Me Go and ...
Katie Kirkpatrick writes on the softness of dystopia in Never Let Me Go and ‘Punisher’.
Fuses: Touching As Knowing in The Cinema Of Car...
Jennifer Irving explores the intimate texture of the domestic through Carolee Schneemann’s work.
Fuses: Touching As Knowing in The Cinema Of Car...
Jennifer Irving explores the intimate texture of the domestic through Carolee Schneemann’s work.
Queer Identity, Pop Culture And The Short That ...
Lilia Pavin-Franks looks back at queer short film Rosebud.
Queer Identity, Pop Culture And The Short That ...
Lilia Pavin-Franks looks back at queer short film Rosebud.
Golden Age: The New Wave Of Midlife Coming-Of-A...
Orla Smith explores a new wave of films depicting women coming of age in their 30s.
Golden Age: The New Wave Of Midlife Coming-Of-A...
Orla Smith explores a new wave of films depicting women coming of age in their 30s.
Children of the Future: Dystopian Parenting in ...
Rafaela Sales Ross explores nuclear families in dystopian times through two Sundance features.
Children of the Future: Dystopian Parenting in ...
Rafaela Sales Ross explores nuclear families in dystopian times through two Sundance features.
Hopelessly Devoted: Learning About Self-Worth I...
Anahit Behrooz celebrates unrequited and self-sufficient love in To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.
Hopelessly Devoted: Learning About Self-Worth I...
Anahit Behrooz celebrates unrequited and self-sufficient love in To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.
Searching For Belonging: Dead Pigs and Cathy Ya...
Rach Leong reflects on the repercussions of urbanisation and the meaning of “home” Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs.
Searching For Belonging: Dead Pigs and Cathy Ya...
Rach Leong reflects on the repercussions of urbanisation and the meaning of “home” Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs.
The Very Heart Of It: How Carey Mulligan Finds ...
Emma Fraser writes on Carey Mulligan’s finest musical moments.
The Very Heart Of It: How Carey Mulligan Finds ...
Emma Fraser writes on Carey Mulligan’s finest musical moments.
When We’re All Alone: The Second Life of Joan T...
Cody Corrall explores the legacy of Joan Tewkesbury’s most influential work.
When We’re All Alone: The Second Life of Joan T...
Cody Corrall explores the legacy of Joan Tewkesbury’s most influential work.
Processing Young Women: On Content Warnings and...
Lillian Crawford writes on the sensitivities of Pieces of A Woman, Still Processing and Promising Young Woman through a personal lens.
Processing Young Women: On Content Warnings and...
Lillian Crawford writes on the sensitivities of Pieces of A Woman, Still Processing and Promising Young Woman through a personal...
A Force Of Nature: Julia Hart On 'I'm Your Woman'
Ella Kemp meets Julia Hart, director of I’m Your Woman.
A Force Of Nature: Julia Hart On 'I'm Your Woman'
Ella Kemp meets Julia Hart, director of I’m Your Woman.
There She Is: The Wonder of Repeating Outfits A...
Rafaela Sales Ross celebrates the wonder of repeating outfits in The Broken Hearts Gallery.
There She Is: The Wonder of Repeating Outfits A...
Rafaela Sales Ross celebrates the wonder of repeating outfits in The Broken Hearts Gallery.
Walking On Sunshine: Colour and Queerness in Ta...
Kristina Murkett offers a colour theory reading of Sean Baker’s Tangerine.
Walking On Sunshine: Colour and Queerness in Ta...
Kristina Murkett offers a colour theory reading of Sean Baker’s Tangerine.
Ruby Grierson: The Life and Legacy of a Lost Do...
Rachel Pronger examines the remarkable life and legacy of documentary pioneer Ruby Grierson.
Ruby Grierson: The Life and Legacy of a Lost Do...
Rachel Pronger examines the remarkable life and legacy of documentary pioneer Ruby Grierson.
A Portrait of Desire: Sexuality and Motherhood ...
Ariel Klinghoffer writes on the corrosive power of motherhood in Pablo Larraín’s Ema.
A Portrait of Desire: Sexuality and Motherhood ...
Ariel Klinghoffer writes on the corrosive power of motherhood in Pablo Larraín’s Ema.
Angry Bodies: Reconciling Disorder With Carrie
Saffron Maeve writes on Carrie and the teenage girl coming undone.
Angry Bodies: Reconciling Disorder With Carrie
Saffron Maeve writes on Carrie and the teenage girl coming undone.
A Collapse of the Cinematic: Approaching Empath...
Xuanlin Tham reflects on the blurred lines of Hong Sang-soo’s On the Beach at Night Alone.
A Collapse of the Cinematic: Approaching Empath...
Xuanlin Tham reflects on the blurred lines of Hong Sang-soo’s On the Beach at Night Alone.
Green Light, Go: Neon Lights, Fantasy, and Grie...
Taylor Hunsberger writes on the aesthetics of neon lights onscreen.
Green Light, Go: Neon Lights, Fantasy, and Grie...
Taylor Hunsberger writes on the aesthetics of neon lights onscreen.
The Internet Identity and the Body as a Product...
Gemma Mushington dissects the duplicitousness of the body in Cam.
The Internet Identity and the Body as a Product...
Gemma Mushington dissects the duplicitousness of the body in Cam.
The Weight of Living: Generational Guilt in Nat...
Sophie Butcher pens a personal appreciation of family ties in Relic.
The Weight of Living: Generational Guilt in Nat...
Sophie Butcher pens a personal appreciation of family ties in Relic.
Finding The Missing Girl: The Fractured Fiction...
Laura Venning wrestles with Josephine Decker’s anti-biopic Shirley.
Finding The Missing Girl: The Fractured Fiction...
Laura Venning wrestles with Josephine Decker’s anti-biopic Shirley.
Road to Nowhere: Daughters of the Fire and the ...
C.F. Prior explores the queer legacy of road movies.
Road to Nowhere: Daughters of the Fire and the ...
C.F. Prior explores the queer legacy of road movies.
The Orgy That Never Happened: Sexuality and the...
Saffron Maeve writes on America’s sexual revolution and our touch-starved present.
The Orgy That Never Happened: Sexuality and the...
Saffron Maeve writes on America’s sexual revolution and our touch-starved present.
Finding Peace in Fantasy: Miranda July on Kajil...
Caitlin Quinlan talks to Kajillionaire writer and director, Miranda July.
Finding Peace in Fantasy: Miranda July on Kajil...
Caitlin Quinlan talks to Kajillionaire writer and director, Miranda July.
Focus On The Stars: Motherhood, Isolation, and ...
Anna Henschel writes on finding closeness with her family via Proxima.
Focus On The Stars: Motherhood, Isolation, and ...
Anna Henschel writes on finding closeness with her family via Proxima.
I Don't Wanna Play: Nicole Ginelli on Making Su...
Music video director Nicole Ginelli tells Ella Kemp about making Sufjan Stevens’ Video Game.
I Don't Wanna Play: Nicole Ginelli on Making Su...
Music video director Nicole Ginelli tells Ella Kemp about making Sufjan Stevens’ Video Game.
Selkie Song: Female Creativity in Margaret Tait...
Iona Glen explores Margaret Tait’s relationship with Scottish folklore.
Selkie Song: Female Creativity in Margaret Tait...
Iona Glen explores Margaret Tait’s relationship with Scottish folklore.
Too Good for Anyone: Mysteries of Love in ‘Subm...
Brianna Zigler reflects on Richard Ayoade’s coming-of-ager 10 years on.
Too Good for Anyone: Mysteries of Love in ‘Subm...
Brianna Zigler reflects on Richard Ayoade’s coming-of-ager 10 years on.
Alone, Together: Anticlimactic Searching In The...
Lillian Crawford digs into the elusiveness and slippery emotional mapping in the films of Mia Hansen-Løve.
Alone, Together: Anticlimactic Searching In The...
Lillian Crawford digs into the elusiveness and slippery emotional mapping in the films of Mia Hansen-Løve.
A Sacred Legacy: On Black Hair And The Revoluti...
Maya Campbell explores the history of Black hair as a symbol of liberation through two key titles
A Sacred Legacy: On Black Hair And The Revoluti...
Maya Campbell explores the history of Black hair as a symbol of liberation through two key titles
A Happy Ending: Metamorphosis and Fairytale Lov...
Savina Petkova explores the metamorphic potential of love in Babyteeth.
A Happy Ending: Metamorphosis and Fairytale Lov...
Savina Petkova explores the metamorphic potential of love in Babyteeth.
Possible and Impossible Bodies: Time and Decay ...
Madeleine Seidel wrestles with two seminal dance films to understand the human body.
Possible and Impossible Bodies: Time and Decay ...
Madeleine Seidel wrestles with two seminal dance films to understand the human body.
Closer Than You Think: On Nazism in Cabaret and...
Anjali Krishnakumar unpacks the parallels between Cabaret’s Berlin and modern-day India.
Closer Than You Think: On Nazism in Cabaret and...
Anjali Krishnakumar unpacks the parallels between Cabaret’s Berlin and modern-day India.
Sun, Sweat, Scars: The Tactile Framing of Skin ...
Emily Maskell writes on Eliza Hittman’s tactile fascination with skin on film.
Sun, Sweat, Scars: The Tactile Framing of Skin ...
Emily Maskell writes on Eliza Hittman’s tactile fascination with skin on film.