Are Nymphomaniac and Love Still Pointing the Way for Sex in Cinema? Rob Salusbury June 23, 2020 Analysis, Features, Opinion If films are to be believed, then it appears that most of us have basically gone celibate these days. Take a look at the BBFC’s classifications for the last few years and you’ll find a swift decline in the...
Short of the Week – Memory Box Tom Bond January 2, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/183213801 On its most basic level, Memory Box is a stylish and thought-provoking sci-fi short, but it’s given added meaning when you learn that co-director Aaron Aites passed away...
Stories From the Set: In The Realm Of The Senses Cathy Brennan September 14, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set 40 years ago, In the Realm of the Senses was released, sparking uproar and an obscenity trial. The film's notoriety stems from its explicit, unsimulated sex scenes, yet director Nagisa Ôshima was not...
Short of the Week – Mosquito Tom Bond May 2, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/139853607 This twisted comedy short uses a sci-fi premise to build a strange and hilarious tale of infidelity. An innocent encounter between two strangers – writer Michael Spicer and...
Short of the Week – Specimen Cameron Ward April 11, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/158897042 Australian filmmaker Luc Mollinger is currently studying at the London Film School. His first entry to the festival circuit made the official selection at BFI Flare LGBT London...
Love – Review Thom Denson November 22, 2015 Reviews Gaspar Noé, a cinematic denizen of the controversial and envelope-pushing returns with only his fourth film in twenty eight years. Love, a 3D extravaganza, details a fractious relationship through the...
Maybeland: Barbarella Madeline Joint January 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Maybeland Barbarella (1968) is campy '60s madness – hilariously dirty, adorably silly and oddly captivating. In the far future, humanity has moved past sex, war and jealousy and created a universal harmony of love -...
White Bird in a Blizzard – LFF Review Cameron Ward October 25, 2014 Reviews Carried by both Woodley and Green’s arresting portrayal of familial detachment and sexual frustration within “perfected” 80’s suburbia, White Bird in a Blizzard takes on great pace, but little...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: LOL Tom Bond April 26, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful 1 Comment Cast: Miley Cyrus, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene, Demi Moore Director: Lisa Azuelos Writers: Lisa Azuelos, Kamir Aïnouz Estimated Budget: $11 million U.S. Gross: Unknown When people...
Nymphomaniac: Volume II – Review Christopher Preston February 26, 2014 Reviews If Volume I was a euphoric one night stand, Volume II proves to be the sour regret of the morning after. Both of Nymphomaniac’s instalments run for 123 minutes, but this film feels as if it is taking...
Nymphomaniac: Volume I – Review Christopher Preston February 26, 2014 Reviews Sex! Naked bits! Shia LaBeouf! Now Lars von Trier has got your attention, allow him to present you with a bold, stylish, often hilarious and entirely gripping story of one woman and her sexual...
