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FILM & TV

  • Popular articles
  • Heartstopper’s book references
    4 May 2022
  • “Devastatingly good”: Peaky Blinders season six review
    11 May 2022
  • Editor's pickNavigating modern life and heartbreak via Scarlett Johansson
    12 May 2022
  • Navigating modern life and heartbreak via Scarlett Johansson

    Dream Double Features

    Navigating modern life and heartbreak via Scarlett Johansson

    Columnist Abby Reeves seeks to return to the days of cinematic double features, urging you to watch films in thematic pairs: here, she unites Lost in Translation and Her

    12 May 2022
    Navigating modern life and heartbreak via Scarlett Johansson
  • Key Takes

    “Devastatingly good”: Peaky Blinders season six review

    In this spoiler free review, Ryan Keys suggests Steven Knight’s epic gangster saga reaches mythical heights

    11 May 2022
    “Devastatingly good”: Peaky Blinders season six review
  • A fairytale of darkly epic proportions: The Northman

    Review

    A fairytale of darkly epic proportions: The Northman

    5 May 2022
    A fairytale of darkly epic proportions: The Northman
  • Heartstopper's book references

    Books to Shows

    Heartstopper’s book references

    4 May 2022
    Heartstopper’s book references
  • The rise of the Netflix BTS film

    SPOTLIGHT ON: BEHIND THE SCENES

    The rise of the Netflix BTS film

    23 April 2022
    The rise of the Netflix BTS film
  • Less sex, more sensibility: ‘Bridgerton’ Season two

    Review

    Less sex, more sensibility: ‘Bridgerton’ Season two

    22 April 2022
    Less sex, more sensibility: ‘Bridgerton’ Season two
  • Our top picks for the best film & TV villains

    Editor's Picks

    Our top picks for the best film & TV villains

    22 April 2022
    Our top picks for the best film & TV villains
  • 'Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ is absolutely fantastic

    Review

    ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ is absolutely fantastic

    17 April 2022
    ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ is absolutely fantastic
  • Review: ‘The Dropout’

    Review: ‘The Dropout’

    15 April 2022
    Review: ‘The Dropout’
  • I watched a new film every day of January

    I watched a new film every day of January

    3 April 2022
    I watched a new film every day of January
  • Review: ‘Paris, 13th District’

    Review

    Review: ‘Paris, 13th District’

    Raphael Lasserson-Rossiter reviews this film’s artistic endeavour into modern romance

    28 March 2022
    Review: ‘Paris, 13th District’
  • The Real Housewives

    The Real Housewives

    Jake Mustard argues that criticsm of ‘The Real Housewives’ often misunderstands the real root of misogyny

    22 March 2022
    The Real Housewives
  • 'The Batman' soars to success

    Review

    ‘The Batman’ soars to success

    18 March 2022
    ‘The Batman’ soars to success
  • Making a short film in 400 days

    Lights, Cam-era, Action!

    Making a short film in 400 days

    16 March 2022
    Making a short film in 400 days
  •  'This is Going to Hurt': an honest insight into the NHS

    Review

    ‘This is Going to Hurt’: an honest insight into the NHS

    13 March 2022
    ‘This is Going to Hurt’: an honest insight into the NHS
  • Adam McKay: People's champion

    Adam McKay: People’s champion

    11 March 2022
    Adam McKay: People’s champion
  • The golden girls of Hollywood

    The golden girls of Hollywood

    8 March 2022
    The golden girls of Hollywood
  • No women, but why?

    No women, but why?

    6 March 2022
    No women, but why?
  • The best fashion in film

    Editors Picks

    The best fashion in film

    4 March 2022
    The best fashion in film
  • Actors you didn't know went to Cambridge

    Famous Alumni

    Actors you didn’t know went to Cambridge

    4 March 2022
    Actors you didn’t know went to Cambridge
  • Opinion

    A talking penis is the least of its worries

    Although Pam & Tommy is an entertaining watch, it exploits Pamela Anderson all over again, argues Vulture Editor Lotte Brundle 

    4 March 2022
    A talking penis is the least of its worries
  • 'Starstruck' review

    Review

    ‘Starstruck’ review

    James Grimditch reviews Rose Matafeo’s fresh and funny rom-com TV show

    2 March 2022
    ‘Starstruck’ review
  • Watersprite Film Festival

    Watersprite Film Festival

    2 March 2022
    Watersprite Film Festival
  • Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to Cambridge

    Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to Cambridge

    26 February 2022
    Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to Cambridge
  • Hedy Lamarr: a woman in STEM and a Hollywood starlet

    SPOTLIGHT ON: ACTORS

    Hedy Lamarr: a woman in STEM and a Hollywood starlet

    20 February 2022
    Hedy Lamarr: a woman in STEM and a Hollywood starlet
  • The ‘Euphoria’ of being young

    18 February 2022
    The ‘Euphoria’ of being young
  • No to Netflix?

    Opinion

    No to Netflix?

    18 February 2022
    No to Netflix?
  • ‘Riverdale’ and the epic highs and lows of trash television

    16 February 2022
    ‘Riverdale’ and the epic highs and lows of trash television
  • Review

    ‘Licorice Pizza’: dynamic, compelling, honest

    15 February 2022
    ‘Licorice Pizza’: dynamic, compelling, honest
  • Review

    The great nothing at the centre of ‘Succession’

    8 February 2022
    The great nothing at the centre of ‘Succession’
  • Review

    Reviewing ‘Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust’

    Sofia Johanson praises how this BBC documentary paints a touching picture of Holocaust survivors

    5 February 2022
    Reviewing ‘Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust’
  • MISSED MASTERPIECES

    ‘A Field in England’ combines folk, psychedelia and horror

    You’ll definitely want to explore Wheatley’s filmography after reading this ‘Missed Masterpieces’ edition

    5 February 2022
    ‘A Field in England’ combines folk, psychedelia and horror
  • Obsession, cinema and 'Ferret': an interview with Mojola Akinyemi

    Lights, Cam-era, Action

    Obsession, cinema and ‘Ferret’: an interview with Mojola Akinyemi

    4 February 2022
    Obsession, cinema and ‘Ferret’: an interview with Mojola Akinyemi
  • Varsity Valentine's: recommended romantic films

    Varsity Valentine’s: recommended romantic films

    4 February 2022
    Varsity Valentine’s: recommended romantic films
  • Review

    Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ review

    30 January 2022
    Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ review
  • The promises and perils of biopics

    29 January 2022
    The promises and perils of biopics
  • Help! My acute case of X Factor nostalgia

    29 January 2022
    Help! My acute case of X Factor nostalgia
  • 22 must-watches for 2022

    Editor's Picks

    22 must-watches for 2022

    21 January 2022
    22 must-watches for 2022
  • Movie Magic: Editors' Picks

    Editors' Picks

    Movie Magic: Editors’ Picks

    21 January 2022
    Movie Magic: Editors’ Picks
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge: The gift to Film & TV that keeps on giving

    Spotlight on: Writers

    Phoebe Waller-Bridge: The gift to Film & TV that keeps on giving

    21 January 2022
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge: The gift to Film & TV that keeps on giving
  • Review

    Harry Potter reunion review

    20 years after the first Harry Potter film was released, Nadia Sorabji Stewart revels in nostalgia upon watching Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    13 January 2022
    Harry Potter reunion review
  • Review

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: convoluted yet charming

    Vulture Editor Lotte Brundle recounts her enjoyment viewing ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ but questions its excessively meta storyline

    11 January 2022
    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: convoluted yet charming
  • Review

    ‘Maid’ is an intimate portrait of a mother’s compassion amidst life’s hardships

    11 January 2022
    ‘Maid’ is an intimate portrait of a mother’s compassion amidst life’s hardships
  • Editors' Picks

    6 feel good films for the January blues

    8 January 2022
    6 feel good films for the January blues
  • Review

    ‘Hilda and the Mountain King’ review

    4 January 2022
    ‘Hilda and the Mountain King’ review
  • Review

    Shallow subversions of ‘Last Night in Soho’

    29 December 2021
    Shallow subversions of ‘Last Night in Soho’
  • Christmas Film

    The perennial joys of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

    22 December 2021
    The perennial joys of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
  • Feminist women LOVE Joe Goldberg: overly ‘woke’, or falling prey to the same old cinematic tropes?

    15 December 2021
    Feminist women LOVE Joe Goldberg: overly ‘woke’, or falling prey to the same old cinematic tropes?
  • Men written by women

    15 December 2021
    Men written by women
  • Bake Off Season 12: Still Not Stale

    10 December 2021
    Bake Off Season 12: Still Not Stale
  • Why Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Key To Me

    Why Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Key To Me

    In an honest and heartfelt discussion of her history with the television show that shaped her childhood, Alessandra Rey writes a love letter to Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    10 December 2021
    Why Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Key To Me
  • Titane - body horror meets family melodrama

    Titane – body horror meets family melodrama

    Lorna Bo reviews the shocking and divisive French horror Titane

    10 December 2021
    Titane – body horror meets family melodrama
  • Spencer Review

    30 November 2021
    Spencer Review
  • Reviewing “The Chair” in the Time of Union Controversy

    26 November 2021
    Reviewing “The Chair” in the Time of Union Controversy
  • Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World

    19 November 2021
    Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World
  • Review

    ‘Looks Astonishing and Feels Duly Epic’ – Reviewing Villeneuve’s Dune

    19 November 2021
    ‘Looks Astonishing and Feels Duly Epic’ – Reviewing Villeneuve’s Dune
  • Searching for home in Wong Kar Wai

    17 November 2021
    Searching for home in Wong Kar Wai
  • Two takes on The French Dispatch

    Two takes on The French Dispatch

    19 November 2021
    Two takes on The French Dispatch
  • Bringing The Cambridge Film Festival back together with the University

    Bringing The Cambridge Film Festival back together with the University

    12 November 2021
    Bringing The Cambridge Film Festival back together with the University
  • San Sebastian International Film Festival – The Results

    12 November 2021
    San Sebastian International Film Festival – The Results
  • Animation and the cinema of trauma

    Film&TV columnist Miruna Tiberiu discusses the exceptional potential of animation to represent trauma in ways that live-action cinema will never be able to

    17 November 2021
    Animation and the cinema of trauma
  • The San Sebastián International Film Festival – An Alternative Guide to the Contenders

    In an honest and hilarious commentary, Sofia Johanson reviews 5 films she watched at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival in her second of three articles about the festival

    5 November 2021
    The San Sebastián International Film Festival – An Alternative Guide to the Contenders
  • Feature

    Dark and dreary films: was anyone ever happy in the Middle Ages?

    2 November 2021
    Dark and dreary films: was anyone ever happy in the Middle Ages?
  • Review

    Aguirre, the Wrath of God – ‘A masterpiece of madness’

    2 November 2021
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God – ‘A masterpiece of madness’
  • Queer Cartoons Made Progress, But We Can’t Stop Here

    Queer Cartoons Made Progress, But We Can’t Stop Here

    29 October 2021
    Queer Cartoons Made Progress, But We Can’t Stop Here
  • GBBO Review

    26 October 2021
    GBBO Review
  • Squid Game isn’t revolutionary or ground-breaking: its message has been around for decades

    26 October 2021
    Squid Game isn’t revolutionary or ground-breaking: its message has been around for decades
  • No Time to Die review

    29 October 2021
    No Time to Die review
  • Review

    Season 4 of the Handmaid’s Tale – ‘Not as Far From Reality as One May Think’

    21 October 2021
    Season 4 of the Handmaid’s Tale – ‘Not as Far From Reality as One May Think’
  • Exploring black cinematic narratives

    15 October 2021
    Exploring black cinematic narratives
  • Feature

    The San Sebastian International Film Festival – An Introduction

    As the first instalment in a three-part series, Sophia Johanson gives us an introduction to the San Sebastian International Film Festival

    12 October 2021
    The San Sebastian International Film Festival – An Introduction
  • The generation that loved Beavis and Butthead

    Tom Howlett evokes pure ’90s nostalgia in this astute analysis of the relationship between the decade’s general culture and its parody in TV shows

    8 October 2021
    The generation that loved Beavis and Butthead
  • ‘Supernova reminds us how truly extraordinary love can be’

    8 October 2021
    ‘Supernova reminds us how truly extraordinary love can be’
  • CUFA and the Cambridge Film-scene

    CUFA and the Cambridge Film-scene

    1 October 2021
    CUFA and the Cambridge Film-scene
  • Quentin Tarantino: Feminist or Foe?

    8 October 2021
    Quentin Tarantino: Feminist or Foe?
  • Crunchyroll and Funimation Merger: What does it mean for workers and consumers?

    24 September 2021
    Crunchyroll and Funimation Merger: What does it mean for workers and consumers?
  • Jungle Cruise (2021) and the trouble of adapting theme park rides to film

    Review

    Jungle Cruise (2021) and the trouble of adapting theme park rides to film

    24 September 2021
    Jungle Cruise (2021) and the trouble of adapting theme park rides to film
  • Why the cinema is not dead

    Why the cinema is not dead

    20 September 2021
    Why the cinema is not dead
  • Re-watching ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’ in 2021

    17 September 2021
    Re-watching ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’ in 2021
  • The world of an English student on film

    17 September 2021
    The world of an English student on film
  • Lockdown Theatre: An Isolation Film Diary

    Feature

    Lockdown Theatre: An Isolation Film Diary

    You’ve heard of Lifestyle’s isolation cafe or Music’s isolation listening party, now get ready for Ellie Etches’ Isolation Film Diary!

    13 September 2021
    Lockdown Theatre: An Isolation Film Diary
  • Review

    Portraying the refugee crisis in modern cinema

    Film&TV columnist Abigail Reeves discusses the ways in which this ongoing political emergency is being absorbed into our cultural consciousness, in her review of Ben Sharrock’s new film ‘Limbo’ (2020)

    13 September 2021
    Portraying the refugee crisis in modern cinema
  • Censor: a flawed but compelling dive into the nature of horror

    13 September 2021
    Censor: a flawed but compelling dive into the nature of horror
  • Feature

    Spider-Man, Cinema and Nostalgia

    6 September 2021
    Spider-Man, Cinema and Nostalgia
  • Stacking up the Suicide Squads

    3 September 2021
    Stacking up the Suicide Squads
  • Feature

    Scarlett Johansson – The Future of Film?

    3 September 2021
    Scarlett Johansson – The Future of Film?
  • 'Hemingway' (2021) - documenting parts of a story

    ‘Hemingway’ (2021) – documenting parts of a story

    3 September 2021
    ‘Hemingway’ (2021) – documenting parts of a story
  • Review

    Flesh torn apart, and sewn together again: a transgender account of Guadagnino’s Suspiria

    27 August 2021
    Flesh torn apart, and sewn together again: a transgender account of Guadagnino’s Suspiria
  • The auteur confesses

    27 August 2021
    The auteur confesses
  • Review

    Schmigadoon! … So Silly It’s Spectacular!

    24 August 2021
    Schmigadoon! … So Silly It’s Spectacular!
  • ‘Sex/Life’: a lot of sex and not much life

    Lotte Brundle discusses the dangers of overtly sexualised content on streaming services, in a review of Netflix’s ‘Sex/Life’ (2021)

    20 August 2021
    ‘Sex/Life’: a lot of sex and not much life
  • Review

    ‘The Green Knight’: translating medieval poetry to the screen

    Film & TV Editor Magdalena Gabrysiak delves into David Lowery’s new film and the medieval poem it is based on, comparing the two through more than just their forms

    14 August 2021
    ‘The Green Knight’: translating medieval poetry to the screen
  • Fast 9: Fun, frenzy and a whole lotta family

    13 August 2021
    Fast 9: Fun, frenzy and a whole lotta family
  • Musical (mis)representations in Australian cinema

    9 August 2021
    Musical (mis)representations in Australian cinema
  • Minari and starting again

    Minari and starting again

    6 August 2021
    Minari and starting again
  • Review

    Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

    27 July 2021
    Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
  • Uncovering The Truffle Hunters

    2 August 2021
    Uncovering The Truffle Hunters
  • Review

    Shadow and Bone: a fantasy fan’s dream

    16 July 2021
    Shadow and Bone: a fantasy fan’s dream
  • Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

    16 July 2021
    Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
  • Forough Farrokhzad’s Poetic Cinema

    16 July 2021
    Forough Farrokhzad’s Poetic Cinema
  • Cube: Claustrophobia, COVID and Capitalism

    Kieran Holder explores the little-known cult-classic film Cube from a post-lockdown perspective.

    2 July 2021
    Cube: Claustrophobia, COVID and Capitalism
  • Review

    Shiva Baby is seventy-seven minutes of pure adrenaline

    Film and TV Editor Emily Moss reviews Emma Seligman’s debut feature film — a wild, unpredictable and unnerving ride from beginning to end.

    29 June 2021
    Shiva Baby is seventy-seven minutes of pure adrenaline
  • Autistic Characters in Film and TV: Authentic, or Archetypal?

    29 June 2021
    Autistic Characters in Film and TV: Authentic, or Archetypal?
  • Booksmart, the pandemic, and me

    Booksmart, the pandemic, and me

    29 June 2021
    Booksmart, the pandemic, and me
  • Review

    Nomadland and the Return of the Cinematic Community

    15 June 2021
    Nomadland and the Return of the Cinematic Community
  • Review

    The Vapid Escapism of Monday’s Holiday Romance

    8 June 2021
    The Vapid Escapism of Monday’s Holiday Romance
  • Review

    The Present swings between quotidian happiness and profound injustices

    4 June 2021
    The Present swings between quotidian happiness and profound injustices
  • My Octopus Teacher

    1 June 2021
    My Octopus Teacher
  • Women in Film

    Trailblazer: Katharine Hepburn

    1 June 2021
    Trailblazer: Katharine Hepburn
  • Tragic epiphanies and the burden of meaning in Rick and Morty

    28 May 2021
    Tragic epiphanies and the burden of meaning in Rick and Morty
  • On The Power of Accurate Screen Representations of Mental Health Issues

    Rachael Kennedy recommends TV series which she feels have offered us powerfully authentic representations of mental health struggles on screen.

    25 May 2021
    On The Power of Accurate Screen Representations of Mental Health Issues
  • Boys State: the effects of playing politics

    Columnist Jonty Taylor takes a look at Boys State.

    21 May 2021
    Boys State: the effects of playing politics
  • Review

    Invincible: a cartoon for adults?

    21 May 2021
    Invincible: a cartoon for adults?
  • Why don’t video game to film adaptations work?

    17 May 2021
    Why don’t video game to film adaptations work?
  • The unexpected merits of watching a Christmas movie in April

    17 May 2021
    The unexpected merits of watching a Christmas movie in April
  • Review

    The Future is Now: Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs

    15 May 2021
    The Future is Now: Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs
  • Euphoria in Berlin: an exploration of Christiane F. and Axolotl Overkill

    7 May 2021
    Euphoria in Berlin: an exploration of Christiane F. and Axolotl Overkill
  • Review Take 2

    Review Take 2: Snyder Cut

    7 May 2021
    Review Take 2: Snyder Cut
  • Review

    Ted Lasso represents far more than just football

    7 May 2021
    Ted Lasso represents far more than just football
  • Review

    Seaspriacy

    30 April 2021
    Seaspriacy

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