FILM MOVEMENTS

26 02, 2019

Where to Begin: Kaneto Shindô and Onibaba

By |February 26th, 2019|Film Movements|Comments Off on Where to Begin: Kaneto Shindô and Onibaba

Widely celebrated as the saviour of German Cinema, the German New Wave ponders division, rhetoric and injustice with remarkable care and sensitivity. Here's a very short retrospective to give you a clue of where to start with this fascinating period in film history.

22 01, 2019

Papa’s Kino Ist Tot: Reflections on Divide and Loss by the German New Wave

By |January 22nd, 2019|Film Movements|Comments Off on Papa’s Kino Ist Tot: Reflections on Divide and Loss by the German New Wave

Widely celebrated as the saviour of German Cinema, the German New Wave ponders division, rhetoric and injustice with remarkable care and sensitivity. Here's a very short retrospective to give you a clue of where to start with this fascinating period in film history.

15 10, 2018

Female protagonists do not a feminist film make: how Lars von Trier let slip his misogyny

By |October 15th, 2018|Film Movements|Comments Off on Female protagonists do not a feminist film make: how Lars von Trier let slip his misogyny

In the recent revelations regarding harassment and abuse in the Western film industry, there are two voices holding undercurrent. One which speaks of “surprise” at the events, bordering on all-out disbelief. Then there’s the other which says, “Well, duh - it’s a capitalist, male-dominated industry. Of course these things are happening.” One figure who [...]

3 08, 2018

‘Bonjour, Paris!’: Maybe that’s why the French hate us

By |August 3rd, 2018|Film Movements|Comments Off on ‘Bonjour, Paris!’: Maybe that’s why the French hate us

Did you know, if you Google ‘why do we romanticise Paris?’, that the most common answer is ‘because you haven’t been there’ (I assume that response is given with a classically chic Parisian eye-roll of disdain). Is it really our fault, though? Can we be blamed for thinking that that small European city could [...]

10 07, 2018

The Staircase: our obsession with True Crime

By |July 10th, 2018|Film Movements|Comments Off on The Staircase: our obsession with True Crime

Making a Murderer, Evil Genius, Casting Jon Benet, and now The Staircase – why do we love watching violent, terrible crimes unfold before our eyes while we’re safe in our living rooms? The 2004 French miniseries has just been released across Netflix and we can’t get enough; these sixty minute glimpses into the 2001 [...]