Analysis

The marketing team for Deadpool 2 must be feeling pretty pleased with themselves right about now. And quite rightly so - they’ve managed to create the funny, sarcastic series of promos that have...

Patton Oswalt once made a joke about the creators of some of his favourite films: I love movies.  And any movie that you love, chances are it was directed by a man, edited by a woman, which means a woman...

Here’s a tough one: how do you make a cinema audience sympathise with a WW2 Nazi? It’s probably best that he doesn’t buy into the regime - no-one would like that. It would help to make him reject the...

I Feel Pretty hits cinemas this month, bringing with it a wave of controversy after its somewhat inauspicious trailer split opinion. Whatever your take, you never really need an excuse to celebrate women in...

Mackenzie Davis is about to happen. She’s already caught the attention of big hitters like Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve, and the cool Canadian kid continues to fill the blockbuster scene with fleeting...

In recent interviews, filmmaker Andrew Haigh has expressed “doubts” about his creative decisions and a fear of being “typecast” as a gay filmmaker. This inner turmoil is part of what makes his work so...

After 18 films of build up over a decade, and years of anticipation, Avengers: Infinity War has finally arrived - you can read our Bertie's excellent review right here. Thanos still demands our silence, but...

10 years and 18 movies in, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has taken a superhuman grip of both the box office and modern popular culture – and, for now at least, it shows no signs of letting go. But...

As the official Most Hyped Film Of All Time, Avengers: Infinity War is a source of non-stop speculation about its story. As the culmination of 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it should be an...

It’s the eve of the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s last-ever instalment of their 10-year-old Cinematic Universe (just kidding, these films will exist long after you and I are dust). It’s the...

Isao Takahata’s most lauded and well-recognised work that brought Studio Ghibli acclaim on an international level, Grave of the Fireflies, turned 30 years old this Monday in the wake of the Studio Ghibli...

Even if you saw Annihilation when it first hit Netflix a month ago, you probably haven’t been able to forget its most powerful scenes. Ostensibly a sci-fi mystery about a meteorite and the strange shimmering...

Juliette Binoche. The name alone brings connotations of a very particular brand of imperious arthouse cinema. Seeing it in the opening credits is a near guarantor of a cerebral viewing experience; a patent by...

Millennials don't have it easy. From finding the ideal life partner, carving out the perfect career, buying a property and just generally, y'know, figuring out what it all means, there's a lot to consider....

In 2016, aged just 27, Anton Yelchin was at the top of his game.  Deftly navigating between multimillion dollar blockbusters and smaller independent fare, Yelchin was building an enviable career working with...