by Eleanor Taylor The controversial Line of Duty finale kick-started a conversation about fiction’s duty to reflect reality. Was this storyline the right move or did it end up just disappointing the show’s fans? On […]
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Empowering Artists: Rascal Miles
Welcome back to our second instalment of our empowering artists series – here to shine a light on talented artists who deserve some recognition. I had the pleasure of interviewing Rascal Miles, an indie folk […]
‘Glowing up’ on screen: Are coming-of-age makeover scenes always problematic?
By Maria Atter Grease, Clueless, Mean Girls, The Princess Diaries, The Breakfast Club. What do all these films have in common, besides being coming-of-age classics? They all feature a makeover scene, where a (straight, white) […]
Why do crime documentaries always blame women?
By Jasmine Waters After three rounds of lockdown, the scripted arc of our favourite crime documentaries leaves women vulnerable to dehumanisation for the sake of sensationalist drama in an entirely new way. In the same […]
Animating the theatre and dramatising ma: will Studio Ghibli lose its touch?
Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning film Spirited Away will take the stage in Tokyo in 2022. Although this production has full artistic support from Ghibli’s creator Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki, does the theatre risk diluting […]
Grammys 2021: another year of disappointment
By Beth Lindsay Are the Grammys a true indication of success? If so, why have they ignored the world’s biggest boy band for years? Whether you knew it or not, BTS is one of the […]
Trilogies: turning to cinema for escapism and sentimentality
By Phoebe Baltazar The monotonous time we find ourselves in demands near-hypnotic escapism, alongside soothing and syrupy nostalgia. The answer? Our familiar favourites – film trilogies. It is not simply watching a film, but undertaking […]
Candid Orange mix series: Doughboy
Bristol’s biggest donut comes through with a breakneck blend of bass-heavy club weapons. Never slipping below 130bpm, Doughboy races through an hour of UKG, techno, jungle, house, breaks, and a healthy spank of drum n […]
‘Good Days’ by SZA is a mantra for hope when we’ve needed it most
By Tennessee Woodiel On the surface, SZA’s single ‘Good Days’ is about letting go of a past relationship, and the lingering feelings of attachment and regret that accompany it. But woven within this narrative of […]
Inventing Conspiracy: How Netflix failed Elisa Lam
By Zoe Bracegirdle In its most recent true crime venture, Netflix revealed the truth behind the much-theorised Elisa Lam case. While the series was posed as an illuminating problem-solver, the heavy focus on conspiracy theories […]