The news that Daniel Day-Lewis had come out of retirement to co-write and star in a film directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis, immediately caught my attention. Before seeing the film, I attended Daniel’s Screen Talk at the London Film Festival, hosted by Mark Kermode. At one point, Daniel asked if he could tell a […]
Read More Anemone (2025) Review- An Absent Father Haunted by His Past ★★★★⯨Jeremy Allen White shines in the latest addition to the ever-growing catalogue of musical biopics. With strong acting and a naturally excellent score, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere acts as more than just a recount of one of rock’s biggest stars A last-minute booking during London Film Festival 2025, Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me from […]
Read More LFF 2025: Springsteen: Deliver me from nowhere Review ★★★The Running Man is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name and is a remake of the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is set in a not-so-distant future, where The Running Man TV show dominates the network as the most-watched show. It is a brutal contest where participants must evade professional […]
Read More The Running Man (2025) Spoiler-Free Review ★★★In the film industry today, when we have a look at the filmmakers who are also auteurs in the industry, names such as Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee and Wes Anderson ring people’s attention. Now what is the difference between a normal director and an auteur director, you may ask? A director of a […]
Read More Twenty-one years later, how does Edgar Wright remain one of the most influential auteur directors in modern cinema?Last summer, we were flooded by so many releases, from the live-action How to Train Your Dragon to the newest release in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World: Rebirth. Some people would criticize that these movies are merely a scheme from the studio to mine gold, digging cash even more for their benefits from a […]
Read More Evoking Childhood Memories and Imagination through Franchise Fatigue“We need another Sex and the City!” “We need more complex female characters!” the people shriek into the void. Yet whenever Hollywood decides to indulge our demands, we spit it right back out. “No, this is not the same!” After taking a backseat to drama for a significant period, 2025 has been a strong year […]
Read More I Love L.A. (2025) Review- What’s not to love?I had the pleasure of sitting down with Oscar-nominated directors Sam and David Cutler-Kruetz to discuss their latest short film, Trapped (2025). Our conversation was nothing short of delightful. The film tells the story of a school janitor who, due to childcare struggles, is forced to bring his young son to work. As the night […]
Read More David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz on their new short film Trapped and previous Oscar nominated short A LienAbstract This dissertation aims to analyse how film director Sean Baker explores the theme of subcultures throughout his filmography while also examining his influences regarding the social realism genre. When looking at the subculture theory, mainly focusing on Dick Hebdige’s ground-breaking Subculture the Meaning of Style (1979), the dissertation will examine the different meanings of […]
Read More How does Sean Baker represent subcultures across his sex work trilogy?