There are breakup movies, and then there is Possession. Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 masterpiece—now celebrating its 45th anniversary and screening as part of the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival—is, on the ...

In his new feature film, Liam Ó Mocháin explores the significance of the abode, humble and otherwise. He presents five stories of diverse characters across Dublin: the vibrant, modern culture melting ...

Karl Marx once claimed that history repeats itself “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” In this political era, we must invert this adage. These days, history manifests first as a ...

As the spookiest night of the year approaches, let’s look at one of cinema’s defining techniques—the jump scare. The jump scare is one of the most effective techniques a filmmaker has in their arsenal ...

Sit up; Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play might be the best play you’ll see in your summer holidays. Queen bee Paulina seems a shoe-in for the Miss Ghana 1986 pageant, ...

“If I come home after a really hard shift, I just want to sit in front of my cabinets and stare at my plants and do nothing.” That’s Robin Schouten, a 29-year-old healthcare worker and student from ...

In 1992, Blur hit a snag in their career trajectory. Although their debut album Leisure (1991) garnered them substantial recognition (the LP reached number seven in the charts), the project was met ...

There is something of an elegant neatness to Sasha Dugdale’s most recent collection of poetry, The Strongbox. It is a slender book, in which not a word feels extraneous and internal characterisation ...

The opening of Breakfast at Tiffany’s is iconic, like a cinematic Bible scene in the Church of Hollywood. All the sacrosanct signifiers of the film are captured in those first minutes; the emergence ...

In the post-#MeToo world, and at a time when diversity in cinema is a more widely-discussed issue than ever before, a great cultural re-examination is taking place. The icons and totems of film, music ...

Taking place at a dying hotel, Misper follows the apathetic staff as the hotel falls into decline and one of their own goes missing. The film primarily focuses on Leonard (Samuel Blenkin) who lives ...

Set against the red centre of Alice Springs, Kangaroo arrives loaded with travel-ad expectations. What it delivers is a story about loss and belonging, and a masterclass in why familiar narratives ...