If you’re the type of traveler to appreciate wintry magic, twinkling fairy lights, snuggling up to your loved one and lots and lots of snow, Lapland’s Ice Hotel will be your cup of co-co. A short break at this most curious of hotels in Swedish Lapland will pique the interest of winter thrill-seekers as well … Continue reading
Bechdel Test Fest’s podcast Who Is She charts the life and times of a significant woman in film. For our first episode, Beth, Corrina, Steph, and Caitlin discuss the career of multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker Josephine Decker, alongside the release of her latest feature Madeline’s Madeline which we screened to a sold-out crowd at Barbican … Continue reading
As appeared in the 2018 collection of essays for Gleaning Truths: Agnes Varda Season. 90-year-old Agnes Varda is the second-most-famous Agnes under the French fashion designer Agnes b who, incidentally, claims to have ‘got her eye by looking at movies’. From the crux of confessional interviews, Agnes Varda couldn’t have found her eye by looking … Continue reading
This week I was asked to comment on Idris Elba’s flirtatious Tweets about being the next James Bond for BBC Radio Scotland. It got me thinking of the pros, cons, and eventually the audacity, of such a question… Continue reading
I spent three days in Philadelphia and on each day I found myself in Reading Terminal Market. On my first morning, I woke up hungry and in need of a plan. Googling ‘places to eat in Philadelphia’ Reading Terminal Market perched proudly up top and with reader reviews punctuated with exclamation marks and excitable acronyms … Continue reading
Paul Haggis’ Third Person, three international stories woven into one grief-themed tale with a twist, has given feminist Hollywood cause for despair. If you thought we might be making progress in the respectful portrayal of women in cinema, this film will slap the taste from of your mouth, make you lick it back up, and tell … Continue reading
Black face. It wasn’t ok then and it’s not ok now. So hearing that the ‘blacking up’ past time is still used for ‘bantz’ in some American high schools is woefully tragic. But rather than get angry, writer and director Justin Simien has responded with a satirical sledgehammer of a movie – Dear White People. … Continue reading
If you were following the USA news back in 2009 you’ll be aware of how the story of Oscar Grant ends. But do you know how it started? First-time director Ryan Coogler, and Oakland California Bay Area resident, used his blossoming talents to woo producer Forest Whitaker and tell the story of Oscar from the other … Continue reading
If you’ve not yet heard about the Oscar Grant case that rocked America back in 2009, don’t Google it. Don’t even watch the tad-too-telling trailer as this is one of those ignorance is bliss movies. Just know that it’s powerful, dramatic and has Michael B. Jordan (The Wire, That Awkward Moment) doing a fine job … Continue reading
Dwight looks like he’s neither slept or shaved since whatever horrific thing happened, happened. He sleeps in his rusty car, takes baths in other people’s houses and seems to have no real motive for existence. When some unexpected news is delivered by a compassionate police officer, his hobo life is given a much-needed objective: revenge. … Continue reading
As taboos go abortion is right up there, particularly when it comes to making jokes about it. It nests alongside female masturbation, female farts and discharge-stained knickers. However, it now seems we’re now in a place where we can tickle our ribs with the sticky topic of unwanted pregnancy (and discharged-stained knickers) as Gillian Robespierre’s … Continue reading
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