Film & TV

The Failure of the Netflix Romance

By annatwilcks on March 19, 2022

I’ll be the first to say it: feminism ruined romance.

What to Expect When Channel-Surfing: Childbirth Tropes in Film and TV

By annatwilcks on March 17, 2022

Flora Tucker writes about 7 common tropes in film and TV about giving birth.

Netflix v Cannes: The Feud Continues

By isabellemerralls on March 16, 2022

Georgia Austin discusses the exclusion of Netflix original films from the Cannes Film Festival

To what extent should we have a creative licence?

By fl888 on March 16, 2022

‘Public Domain Day’, otherwise known as New Year’s Day , marks the expired copyright on texts entering the public domain. A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to name a few released in 2022. The significance of giving way to creative licence can be seen in the development since The Great Gatsby’s release in the US in 2021, with 34 new print editions published in the past year and the development of a television adaptation by Michael Hirst.

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and why there is still space for artistic films in modern cinema.

By florencerolstonashford on March 14, 2022

Edsard Driessen discusses changes in the cinema industry and why The French Dispatch was the refreshing film we all needed.

The Highs and Lows of accessing TV shows

By fl888 on March 10, 2022

When was the last time you binge-watched a TV show? It feels like just yesterday I woke up at 8 am to watch the third season of Sex Education. 8 long hours later, I felt drained. Was I watching this so quickly because I was engrossed by the Netflix comedy? Or was it the increased FOMO from the memes and Tiktoks sprawled across my social media feed?