Madwomen: Ghost in the Machine
Told like a fairy tale, GHOST IN THE MACHINE is fun, rich and wicked. Kim Boyd reviews Oliver Krimpas’ short, which enjoyed great success at Cambridge Film Festival and at LSFF.
Category Archives: Features
PSSST! Silent Film Festival
Liberal, progressive, feminist approaches to issues such as mental health and crime in a selection of films from 1910 – 1925? Jo Shaw attended the PSSST! Silent Film Festival in Zagreb.
The Unbreakable Bond
SKYFALL delivered a Bond for the 21st century, post-Bourne era. But does it represent an unwillingness to let the characters and films evolve? What do we even want from James Bond?
Ieri, Oggi, Domani
Today marks the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest neorealists, Vittorio De Sica. Rosy Hunt reviews his comedy anthology in which Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni play three odd couples.
The Elephant Man
Joe De-Vine challenges the critics and scholars who have found fault with David Lynch’s portrayal of disability, and over-reliance on subjective accounts, in THE ELEPHANT MAN.
Prof. Vanessa Toulmin on "The Elephant Man"
Professor Vanessa Toulmin introduced THE ELEPHANT MAN at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse recently, as part of the Darwin Correspondence Project’s ‘Darwin and Human Nature’ series.
Interview with Ben Wheatley & Steve Oram
As SIGHTSEERS hits our screens Patrick Fowler speaks to director Ben Wheatley and writer/actor Steve Oram about holidays in caravans and spoilers in trailers.
Notes on African Cinema
African film, and its filmmakers and producers, is inevitably much like the countries that fill the large continent: a vast array of personalities, humour, issues, injustices, histories that ultimately represent a variety of storytelling methods. It is one of the few film industries – along with perhaps, to a lesser extent, Asian cinema – where a number … Continue reading Notes on African Cinema
Aid & Abet: Dark Hours/Fixed Space
Sarah McIntosh looks at the “filmic equivalent of antipasti”, the “eclectic range of tastes, senses and sensibilities” offered by Aid & Abet as part of DARK HOURS/FIXED SPACE programme of one-minute shorts.
Talking Kuchu – the fight for gay rights in Uganda
If you take Western European views on homosexuality for granted, you should watch CALL ME KUCHU. David Perilli interviews creators Katy and Malika, and activist Naome Ruzindana.