Talking To: Kaitlyn Boxall

“I have so many interesting ideas that I want to pursue after “Behind Closed Doors”. I have so many projects in mind and very eager to put them all to screen! I won’t divulge these new productions just yet! You will have to wait and see...”

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Remembering Helen McCrory

It was an utter gift to be in the auditorium when she performed; there is no-one else who makes you feel so viscerally, so aggressively connected to her characters. Yet, you never quite knew who “the real” McCrory was: so brilliantly could she embody countless personalities and characters as she moved from hit to hit.

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Around The World in 7 Hours – Part 2

Relationships are often excellent opportunities to impart wisdom about cultures you may not have any exposure to, and indeed throughout our relationship I have taken many opportunities to (re)educate Martin on Italian culture beyond the existence of Pizza Express, ‘gabagool’ and whatever else Hollywood has (not) taught him about Italy.

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Film, OpinionGuest User
We Only Want Women Once

But good films (and good art) don’t need a director with personal experience of the subject matter. If they did, there would be no fantasy films, no sci-fi thrillers, and no superhero blockbusters. So why do men dominate in the world of directorial sequels? Are men just better directors than women?

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The Oscars Effect

I conducted a straw poll of my friends, all of whom have a love for cinema, as to whether the Oscars influenced their film choices, and it was almost an equal split with positive and negative responses. Some gave little credence to the awards, believing that the nominated films are likely to be over hyped or simply preferring to seek out films for themselves, whereas others viewed the Oscars as a reliable guide for high quality films.

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Around The World In Seven Hours: An Introduction To Foreign Film

In light of the pandemic bringing a halt to any and all travel plans my girlfriend and I had, we decided we’d plug in and take a trip around the world through the wonder of the small screen so, without further ado, join us on a whistle stop tour as we take flight from LAX and head eastward bound to sample some of the sights the rest of the world has to offer. Our first stop?

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Talking To: Jennifer James

Jennifer James is definitely one to watch. After moving to England for university, she has directed, produced and starred in several short films with her directorial debut (not including the short she did at university) completing post-production in January this year. She’s honest and open about her struggles with mental health and eating disorders and how that has impacted her new film, Physique.

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The Rising Popularity of Anime

Anime as a genre has enjoyed an increase in popularity over the last decade, with a constantly diversifying audience demographic. Its popularity has especially picked up traction in the latter half of the decade, as establish streaming sites such as Netflix and Crunchyroll continue to host and even produce original anime’s for global audiences.

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The Rise in Disney Movie Remakes

As an adult, Disney have remade so many timeless classics, that have almost expanded the real worlds they wanted to make at the time, and they wished upon a star for greater technical innovations. Now we have: grander palaces and circuses, even more magical costumes and additional stories that were not originally explored in depth

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Hollywood's Obsession with Age

Women’s age in Hollywood is a messy knot of glorifying youth and infantilising young women to vilify and hide middle-aged or older women. By putting female actors in relationships with older men, Hollywood influences society’s expectations of how women age and act.

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Judas And The Black Messiah: Art As A Space For Protest?

It is important that we all recognise the limitations of art as a space of protest. If we are informed, enlightened, and educated, but do not go on to act, then our protest exists in aesthetic alone. It becomes performative. The virtue signalling of black squares that flooded Instagram in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the lack of meaningful progress since has taught us, yet again, that ‘protest’ without action will always be performative.

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7 Movies That Broke My Heart

We all need a good cry from time to time, don’t we? I often find watching a sad movie lets out emotions I didn’t know I was holding back. A study by Oxford University found that sad films actually boost endorphins in the brain and and increase our pain tolerance.

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Cotswold International Film Festival

The Cotswold International Film Festival is the newest film festival from Kayleigh-Paige Rees and George Perry which began on New Year’s Eve – starting 2021 with a bang! It offers the chance for independent filmmakers around the world to showcase their work and earn recognition across several short film genres.

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Review: Can't Get You Out Of My Head

The new six-part BBC documentary stretches just over six hours long and employs Curtis’ signature style constituted of bold and abstract headings on colourful backgrounds alongside archive footage backed by a retrofuturistic soundtrack, provided mostly by Burial, Aphex Twin and Nine Inch Nails.

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