Content warning: sexual assault It’s that time of year again, when the red carpet steps roll out and the film industry’s greatest titans, newcomers, and journalists step into the scintillating sun for one of the biggest events in film: the Cannes Film Festival. The 71st annual festival will take place from May 8 to 19 […]
This month we remember the prolific Czechoslovakian film director Miloš Forman, who died at the age of 86 on April 13. Forman is most famous for his Academy Award winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), starring Jack Nicholson, but his life story must not be forgotten. Forman grew up as a child in […]
A Quiet Place is a revelatory reflection on just how terrifying silence can be. This new sci-fi thriller written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, with help from director John Krasinski, sets the viewers on a mission to actively participate in the agitation curated by a narrative that never seems to press ‘pause’ on the […]
Swipe Left, Swipe Left has just premiered its first season of seven episodes, all featuring stories of dalliance, committed to sharing experiences of “dating adventures and misadventures”. The podcast was inspired by the telling of a story involving a bizarre Tinder date, during which two personalities, and more importantly, two political ideologies, sharply clash. Each […]
Maya Angelou once said, “the desire to reach the stars is ambitious, the desire to reach hearts is wise.” Following her fierce, critically acclaimed documentary 13th (2016), about the intersections of race and mass incarceration, director Ava DuVernay shifts genres into the world of the big-budgeted children’s film. Her latest feature A Wrinkle in Time […]
If you have ever looked on YouTube for spoken word artists in the African diaspora, you may have come across young Zambian born British poet Kayo Chingonyi. While sifting through videos of Chingonyi sharing his poetry, his unique style and delivery are quickly revealed. As his reading commences, his stance is static, delivering his words […]
In the sea of March-released uninteresting movies, Game Night, a comedy-turned-crime-thriller, stands out. It is raucous and playful, without propelling into the typical territory of a Jason Bateman comedy– weary jokes that push well beyond the edge into the area of ‘wildly offensive’. Screenwriter Mark Perez, known for a handful of B-comedies, pairs up with […]
Coney Island, once a place of great wonder, now growing seedier by the day”, can be read as a metaphor for the once lauded director Woody Allen, also growing seedier by the day. There seems to be only a small group left who push their moral judgements on Allen aside, continuing to return to the […]