David Conway
An Interview with Hope Dickson Leach
One of the main points that arises in the conversation I have with director Hope Dickson Leach is a question she asks: “What is...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Review
Dumbledore. Grindelwald. Lestrange. Flamel. Nagini.
The above is a disparate series of Wizarding World names and references. When you look at these names like this,...
Brass Eye, Toast and Oxide Ghosts: An Interview with Michael Cumming
There’s a moment during our conversation where Michael Cumming reminisces about Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s Derek and Clive records, about the thrilling sense...
Wildlife – Review
The decline of the nuclear family, as portrayed in Wildlife, is not a rapid revolution. It is a slow, painful transition that chokes each...
The Other Side of the Wind – Review
“Now our revels are ended”, quotes a character towards the conclusion of Orson Welles’ The Other Side of The Wind. The reference echoes magician...
Teenage Hedonism – Review
If there’s one word to describe Callum Newens’ new short film, Teenage Hedonism, it’s confident. A coming of age comedy focusing on a social...
30 Years of Drowning by Numbers: A Q&A with Peter Greenaway
Outside an English country home, framed with the shadow of a deceased bird blowing in the wind, a girl with a skipping rope looks...
Staring back at Brass Eye
Switch on the news today. Go on, just have a look. Any channel you can. See the visual onslaught of complicated graphics, bizarrely confrontational...
Love Island and The Year of the Sex Olympics: A discussion...
In a recent episode of Love Island, there was a single striking question. It came impromptu, in a fit of frustration, from contestant Ellie,...
Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Season 4 Part 1
There are few shows that manage to pack a punch with such a lightness of touch like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Tina Fey and Robert...
