Deutschland 89- Review
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ As Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho opined at the 2020 Oscars, “once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”…
Cult Column: Dr Strangelove
As the Russian doomsday machine detonates, and as the War Room of the U.S. government animatedly discusses the need to bring 10 beautiful women each into subterranean mineshafts in order…
The Trial of Christine Keeler
Content warning: mentions of sexual abuse and abortion It goes without saying that historical dramas are predictable; the audience knows what will happen before the episode begins, plot twists and…
This week in History: the fall of the Berlin Wall
The course of world history was changed in Berlin on 9th November 1989; indeed, in the eyes of political scientist Francis Fukuyama, it came to an end altogether. The man…
EIFF 2018: Cold War
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film, begins in 1949: Wiktor (Tomasz Kot), a musician and composer, and producer Irena (Agata Kulesza) search through the Polish countryside for the sound of…
This Week in History: 26th April 1986 Chernobyl disaster
On Saturday 26th April 1986, Ukraine experienced the biggest disaster in its history. In unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, staff were testing whether the turbines that…
