Nowadays, we're faced with an abundance of content; an explosion of TV networks, enough streaming company Gods to worship and a new Star Wars film every five minutes. With such an overwhelming amount of content being made to keep the big giants streaming – are we sacrificing quality over quantity?

Stock up on sweet-treats, stick on your streaming service of choice and waste another day of this never-ending year watching The Everyday best-and-worst scary movie marathon.

There were certain classic horror films that I had always wanted to watch, but were too worried about them triggering my anxiety or causing a panic attack. I would try to glean any facts I could off people who had seen them to test my boundaries.

If you told me that one of my favourite films would be about women ruthlessly backstabbing, screaming at each other, ripping each other to shreds, pushing each other off from horses and even biting… well I would have eaten my hat.

While it’s good to admire their work, I quite like the idea of moving away from preaching at the Director God’s altar.

Having just finished my first full-time job and waiting to start a master’s degree in film in tandem with you-know-what still keeping a lot of us in our homes, I’ve been revisiting a lot of my film library.

Amongst the hysteria and Netflix’s misrepresentation of the film Cuties, we may have lost sight as to what it is actually about.

Although they are a work of fiction and many are dramatised, there are many scenes and films as a whole that are distressing because they unapologetically shine a light on some troubling themes. Despite this, I must stress that YOU SHOULD NEVER TURN AWAY FROM THE SCREEN.

Streaming services were already winning the battle in the modern movie market but they have never shone brighter than during the global pandemic. All the most recent talked-about new film releases have been confined to home streaming platforms. We’ve had the disastrous Artemis Fowl, a live recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical smash-hit Hamilton, Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

Covid-19 continues to pose a threat to countless industries. The events that have taken place this year have brought us all to a halt. Businesses closed for an indefinite period, not knowing when a return would be possible. The film industry was no exception. With cinemas closing across the world and film production being brought to a stop, the world of cinema has felt the ground fall beneath their feet. Now that we are slowly emerging from lockdown, with many cinemas having reopened on the 4th of July, what can we expect from a typical cinema experience?