• Jepp Gambardella in Paolo Sorrentino’s Masterpiece La Grande Bellezza (2013)

    James Hadland Paolo Sorrentino is reputed for his dazzling aesthetics, whether the viewer is participating in an all-out orgy with Berlusconi in Loro 2018 or riding shotgun along the Neapolitan seaside in (É stata la mano de dio) The Hand of God 2021. However, it is possible that such...
  • From Film to TV: Why are Film Directors Flocking to the Small Screen?

    There’s no disputing the fact that television is going through a Golden Age. Shows like Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Game of Thrones and countless others have led to a steady rise in the quality of television. Now, Hollywood is at a point where TV may even be surpassing...
  • Film Review – Youth

    Youth is Paolo Sorrentino’s second English release, a highly-anticipated film given that his last, The Great Beauty (La Grande Belleza, released in 2013), scooped up a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A visually beautiful meditation on life, ennui and death was to...
  • Cinematic Dogmatic #2 – 18/1/16 – 31/1/16

    Our newest feature brings you all the latest films in one place! Is The Big Short the anti-Wolf of Wall Street? Does Spotlight thrill as it informs? Tom brings you quick-fire opinions on the hottest new releases. Airlift Depicting the 1990 evacuation of 165,000 Indians from Kuwait following its invasion by Iraq, Airlift could...