There’s more than just The Meadows!
It’s getting to that time of year again, when you might feel like you are just living in the library. It can do your head such good, however, to get…
Review: Amsterdam
It had been shrouded in mystery for weeks, but glimmers of it through the trailer and the poster suggested Amsterdam would be a stylish period thriller competing for distinction against…
Fringe Reflections
Flyers are pushed into my hand as I weave in and out of the crowds on the Royal Mile, dodging children stunned by magicians’ tricks, a juggler miraculously keeping five…
Cult Column: Hiroshima Mon Amour
“Who are you? You kill me. You do me good.” Studded with flashbacks and juxtaposition, Alain Resnais’ first feature film is a true piece of avant-garde cinema and remains shocking…
Review: See How They Run
The “murder mystery” once filled British bookcases and cinemas. Whilst the novels of Agatha Christie remain popular, murder mystery films had largely disappeared. That was, until the brilliant Knives Out…
Jean Luc-Godard – A Filmmaker That Lived and Died on his Own Terms
Jean-Luc Godard, who always forged his own way in cinema- leading The French New Wave and later the radical film movement- forged his own way in death. Aged 91, he…
Oscars 2022 – Much more than a slap, but a slap it was
“Will Smith just slapped the shit out of me.” The video posted by the Guardian has over 77 million views on YouTube, the already iconic image has spawned thousands of…
Review: Standing Up
This article was originally submitted on the 29th March What is it like to make people laugh for a living? It involves a lot more tears (and delivery driving) than…