• Anti-Advent Calendar #12

    Christmas. If it’s destined to continue its countdown, so are we destined to continue ours. Here’s day twelve of our Anti-Advent Calendar… The Woodsman, directed by Nicole Kassell, tells the story of a convicted paedophile being released from prison after serving his sentence and trying to find his place back...
  • Anti-Advent Calendar #9

    Christmas. As if you needed reminding about it when there are adverts branding your living room with things you don’t want, differently-shaped chocolates sold in stores for thrice the price, and lifeless trees forced to decay indoors. We’re here to remind you that it is possible to meander the...
  • Anti-Advent Calendar #6

    Christmas. It can be a little horrifying can’t it? We’re not even a week into December and yet we’ve seen city centres swarming with bargain-crazed citizens, windows washed with woven decorations, and lists. Lists and lists and lists. So here at Impact Film & TV, we’re continuing with our own list. Day...
  • Anti-Advent Calendar #5

    Christmas. It’s a bit… haunting right? We’re barely settling into December and yet we’ve already been bombarded with weeks of overplayed songs that have lost all meaning, adverts about sodding penguins and lists. Lists and lists and lists. So here at Impact Film & TV, we’re continuing with our own list. Our...
  • Anti-Advent Calendar #4

    Christmas. It’s a bit overwhelming isn’t it? For us to make a commentary on the commercialisation of what is meant to be a religious celebration wouldn’t necessarily leave you feeling philosophised though. So instead, for the fourth Anti-Advent Calendar, we’ll leave it to David Fincher’s Fight Club to punch the point...
  • Film Review – We Are Many

    Two words: political documentary. Still here? Good. Although it’s not the light-hearted escapism many of us crave from cinematic outings, Amir Amirani’s new film offers a crucial, thought-provoking analysis of the state of worldwide democracy. On February 15th 2003, over 15 million people in over 800 cities around the world took...
  • Trailer Watch – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Despite being over a year away from release, fans have been treated to a first look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Force Awakens takes place thirty years after the events of The Return of The Jedi, and it shows with this teaser. A sleeker more menacing storm trooper...