REVIEW: X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
With the monumental success of Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame slowly coming to a halt, the monolithic finale to a franchise that has changed the landscape of the 21st Century blockbuster, it seems that 2019 is a bittersweet year for the superhero genre; a year where our…
REVIEW: Game of Thrones – Season 8, Episode 6: “The Iron Throne”
It’s here. The end of the road. The final ever episode of Game of Thrones. All men must die, and all shows must come to an end. Some reach their conclusion in emphatic fashion, some simply fizzle out into nothingness. Game of Thrones is the…
REVIEW: Game of Thrones – Season 8, Episode 5: “The Bells”
Well, there will be no complaints about darkness in this episode… The penultimate episode in Game of Thrones history has acquired a reputation for being the series best episode, an episode where shit goes down. There’s the infamous Red Wedding, the Battle of the Bastards,…
REVIEW: Game of Thrones – Season 8, Episode 3: “The Long Night”
It is finally here. The moment that fans have awaited with both dread and excitement. The living versus the dead. Ice versus fire. The long night is finally upon us. It is time for the battle of Winterfell. Following a grounded introduction to Game of…
REVIEW: Game of Thrones – Season 8, Episode 1: “Winterfell”
* Note: The below piece contains SPOILERS * Game of Thrones is back, baby. It has been almost two years since the events of Season 7. The death of a dragon. The crumbling of the wall. The truth about Jon Snow’s Targaryen heritage. And now…
Cinema In Your Pocket: The 5 Must-Have Apps for Every Cinephile
Trying to stay up-to-date with everything film related, from the latest news to scouring for a film to stream, can be exhausting. Luckily, us 21st Century mortals have a small device in our pockets ready to access every inch of the cinematic landscape at the…
Ant-Man (2015): THE INFINITY SAGA
Hot off the heels of the gargantuan Avengers: Age of Ultron, Peyton Peele’s finale to ‘Phase 2’ of the MCU, Ant-Man, acts as aspirin for the headache of its predecessor by bringing the sky-falling scale of Ultron down to ground-level. Ant-Man could very well have…
An A24 Adventure: Episode One
Ah, A24. Every millennial cinephile’s favourite independent film studio. Since its inception in 2012, the New York-based studio has enjoyed a wealth of success among avid filmgoers across the globe, and there’s no mystery as to why. With films like Lady Bird, Moonlight and The…
INTERVIEW: Lukasz Zal On Working With Pawel Pawlikowski And His Vision For ‘Cold War’
Lukasz Zal is one of the most inspiring and expressive cinematographers working today. Making his feature DP debut with Pawel Pawlikowski’s 2013 Oscar-winning foreign film Ida, Zal went on to work on six projects with his creative imprint on each story, including the wonderful oil-painted stop motion animation Loving…
REVIEW: Cold War (2018)
Pawel Pawlikowski’s latest feature, hot off the Acadamy Award success from his latest art-house venture with Ida, is a cold, dark, but profoundly expressionistic project that depicts the 15-year long relationship of a tired composer and his romanticised protégée against the backdrop of the titular Cold…
