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Jerome Gerada As the world we live in gradually devolves into more of a twisted dystopia by the day, audiences may feel at ease settling into the fictional world of Arrakis, the main setting for Denis Villeneuve’s new film adaptation, Dune. The 1965 novel, from the creative mind of...
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Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, is, in my humble opinion, one of the best film adaptations of a book that has ever been made. An opinion I hope that after reading this, you will wholeheartedly support. Having read the book myself, I was at first sceptical of the way the...
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On Sunday 10th February, viewers tuned in to watch the 72nd British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. And although host Joanna Lumley struggled to deliver a punch line (I am still cringing) the red carpet certainly did not disappoint. Showcasing a variety of...
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Having narrowly escaped what could have been another #OscarsSoWhite controversy, most of the acting categories this year are quite easy to predict. Nevertheless, there seems to be a trend of the old guard versus the new talent – examples are Gary Oldman vs Timothée Chalamet and Frances McDormand vs...
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February may be the shortest month, but we’re certainly not short of great film releases. Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis give Oscar-nominated performances as a shy lawyer in Roman J. Israel, Esq. and an obsessive 1950s dressmaker in Phantom Thread, respectively. Of course, if awards-bait isn’t your thing, Helen...
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The tragedy of Call Me By Your Name is always in plain sight. A guest who comes must eventually go, and the headiness of summer will inevitably end. Summer flings aren’t bound to last, even if you are only seventeen and have never wanted anything, or any person, so...