Industry – LFF 2020 Review Anahit Behrooz October 12, 2020 Reviews It is hard to shake a sense of disgust while watching Industry, HBO’s series about young investment bankers vying for a permanent position at a top London firm. One of the few female candidates is sent...
Eyimofe (This is My Desire) – LFF 2020 Review Tom Bond October 11, 2020 Reviews When we think of capitalism we think of suited bankers and Western businessmen; if our thoughts stray to less economically developed countries, it is only as the victims of capitalism, whether that’s from...
Inception and the Time of Capitalism Anahit Behrooz July 14, 2020 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Once upon a time, so my head canon goes, a drunk philosophy fresher told Christopher Nolan that time is a construct and Nolan has never looked back. The majority of his films are characterised by their focus...
Feminism vs Capitalism in Support the Girls Tom Bond June 27, 2019 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Andrew Bujalski’s Support the Girls is undoubtedly a feminist film, despite being set in a Hooters-esque sports bar where the staff flirt for tips in low-cut tops. Its greatness lies in how it pits its cast...
The Zero Theorem – Review Tom Bond March 15, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The Zero Theorem is unmistakably a Terry Gilliam film, for better or worse. He has created a deliciously chaotic dystopia, saturated with colour and adverts, but his ramshackle directing threatens to disengage...