Die My Love
DIE MY LOVE is unlikely to be considered the pinnacle of Ramsay’s career. Still, even when revisiting themes, the intense clarity of vision ensures Ramsay’s work continues to feel fresh and ominously vibrant.
Category Archives: Features
Hamnet: Shakespeare would have approved
Both Shakespeare and Zhao acknowledge the beauty of grief, which is, of course, a form of love, as well as its horrific reality. Whatever you have lost will be touched upon when you see this film. Tears streamed down my face, my breath coming in shudders by the end.
Winter Kept Us Warm & queer love
Some aspects of David Secter’s legacy are likely beneficial to leave behind, but WINTER KEPT US WARM preserves a singular lifeworld in poetic form, bringing the raw and honest tumult of youthful romance into lyrical harmony with all the advantages cinema offers.
Brokeback Mountain’s ‘Gay Western’ Legacy
With the 20th anniversary of the release of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, it’s pertinent to look back on the wave of criticism that the film was met with upon its release, particularly concerning ideas of the Western among more conservative figures in the film industry.
North West Independent Film Festival
The inaugural edition of the North West Independent Film Festival in Preston used its second day to focus on the theme of ‘Shifting Grounds: Breaking Cycles, Seeking Truths’, showcasing films which hold a spirit of independence and creative ambition.
The Piano Teacher
Isabelle Huppert’s gut-punching performance solidifies THE PIANO TEACHER as one of modern cinema’s most profound, painful, and transcendental films.
Sophia Carr-Gomm on Return
Short film RETURN foregrounds the growing directorial voice of Sophia Carr-Gomm; a cinematic short with a haunting central performance, rendered all the more poignant by the passing of lead actor Peter Faulkner shortly after the film’s completion.
Ethical Spoilers & Alien: Romulus
You would have to live under a rock or be terminally offline not to notice the recent surge in artificial intelligence use. The A.I. platform ChatGPT responds to user input using machine learning, analysing language used on social media platforms and other sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit, to name some sources from which it … Continue reading Ethical Spoilers & Alien: Romulus
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is ugly, prosaic, and dull, pandering to an audience willing to be spoon-fed lines that they once recognised and moves as gracefully as its geriatric lead.
Sick of Myself & social media on film
The dangers of social media have spawned a slate of horror films over the last decade, but SICK OF MYSELF breaks new ground because it’s also a fascinating portrayal of addiction, in this case to fame.