To many, Batman is more than just his beginnings as a comic book superhero. Batman is not just the preserve of ‘comic book geeks’.
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Throughout history, women have been told to sit down, be quiet and keep to yourself. Growing up, we are constantly told that sex is purely an act of procreation, that it’s something females should endure not enjoy. It is normalised to a point that we start looking at female pleasure as something wrong, especially self-pleasure. I mean women like sex – I sure do anyway!
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Since Netflix’s breakthrough in 2013 with the debut of its original House of Cards series, many other streaming platforms such as Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video have made it possible for binge-watching to become mainstream.
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Despite visibly displaying all the hallmarks of the stereotypical female duo so often found in films: the hot, popular ‘queen bee’ and her nerdy, needy best friend, these two characters refuse to conform and subvert this dynamic throughout the film.
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Losing Joy is a short film about a young woman struggling to acknowledge the first anniversary of her sister’s death. Faith [Michelle Tiwo] is lost in grief until close friend and former girlfriend Olivia [Shanay Neusum-James] guides her into acceptance.
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In the aftermath of the London Short Film Festival (LSFF) this January, I sat down with one of its founders, Philip Ilson to speak about what they have achieved. Now coming up to its 20th anniversary festival next year, Ilson has been able to take a look back at what they have achieved over the festival’s lifetime, and consider how this will inform their plans for the future.
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Since the beginning of the film and tv industry women have been pushed aside in roles that were traditionally dominated by men, such as directors, producers and writers. If we look back to the golden age of Hollywood, very rarely will you see a female working the camera, taking control of film direction and writing a hit. Many were leading ladies like Judy Garland, Vivian Leigh and Audrey Hepburn.
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Ahead of the release of his biopic Rebel Dread, we speak to acclaimed videographer, film-maker and DJ Don Letts. Growing up with the ever-present threat of racism, police harassment and violence in London during the 60s and 70s, Letts found himself at the epicentre of the emerging punk movement in the late 1970s. Don Letts was central to the crossover between the rasta and punk scenes, which created something completely new and exciting which has influenced the sound of UK alternative music ever since.
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Welcome to March’s film and TV review round-up! February’s review round-up was such a success that we decided to keep the ball rolling. With reviews from writers across the globe, we’ll be bringing you their thoughts and opinions on some of the newest releases.
Let’s get stuck in…
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There has been a slow emergence, and even slower recognition, of the South Asian presence in Western film and television media, which has met with a contemporary boom of South Asian faces and stories in the industries due to the crisis of (self-)representation. Somewhat missing from this ongoing public discourse around representation, however, is the reality of the ‘constructions’ underlying visual media representations.
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Cassandra Thomas, played by Carey Mulligan, is on a dangerous mission to avenge the death of her best friend as she singlehandedly attempts to confront rape culture one Nice Guy at a time. Take her home and take your chances - that’s the challenge posed by the tagline of Emerald Fennel’s directorial debut Promising Young Woman.
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Welcome to our first film review round-up! Our team of writers will be reviewing the newest releases across streaming platforms and in and bringing you their thoughts on a range of films and TV shows.
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Running since 2005, Slapstick Festival is a yearly celebration of all things silent film and visual comedy in UNESCO Heritage City of Film Bristol. Everyday writer and photographer Vonalina Cake and culture editor Kerry Mead report back from the Silent Comedy Gala on Friday 28th January; a screening of three classic films from the silent comedy era, presented by Stephen Mangan in the impressive surroundings of Bristol Cathedral.
Beginning a career in law, Turkish born Yasmine has many talents. Scouted for TV when she was five years into her law career, she was then scouted for TV and began work as a news reporter before transitioning to acting and now writing. We caught up with her to discuss her new film, Anxious, which is currently making waves on the awards circuit and why putting mental health at the forefront of the film was important to her.
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Beginning a career in law, Turkish born Yasmine has many talents. Five years into her law career, she was then scouted for TV and began work as a news reporter before transitioning to acting and now writing. We caught up with her to discuss her new film, Anxious, which is currently making waves on the awards circuit and why putting mental health at the forefront of the film was important to her.
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It’s been almost a quarter of a century since that cataclysmic car accident in Paris took place. Why then, when so many years have elapsed since her death, was it not surprising to hear that yet another film focusing on the plight of the princess would be hitting our screens in the form of Spencer earlier this year? What is it about Diana that continues to inspire directors time and time again? I’d love to believe it was her daring sense of humour, her relentless approach to helping others or her killer wardrobe. However, it seems more likely that our society’s preoccupation with Princess Diana represents something much wider: a lingering obsession with women who have experienced tragedy.
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Slapstick Festival is Bristol’s very own silent film and visual comedy festival. A cultural, not-for-profit company, Slapstick festival has been held across different venues in Bristol since it’s inception in 2005. The festival has grown and grown with many different events including famous guests and live music accompaniments for each screening.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth is an honourable adaptation, not only honouring the original text (the script uses only Shakespearean language) but also honouring the stage adaptations that came before it. Coen’s artistic film is a welcome version of the play that we didn’t think we needed; a highly stylised version that leans into the eeriness, thriller-like and violent narrative with nuance and passion.
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It made me laugh, smile, almost cry, recoil, acknowledge, look back, inside and beyond. Tear Along the Dotted Line is a rough journey through the life of older millennials, the ones who can now look back at the idea they had of the world and themselves as adults when they were kids, and find it probably clashing with the reality they’re living in.
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These are all classic 'primetime' Saturday night television shows that used to draw in viewers by their millions, but lost their places on our TV schedules after declining viewing figures led to their demise (or relegation from the terrestrial channels to satellite stations such as Challenge and Dave).
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