Be My Romcom — People We Meet on Vacation Review
“In the modern film industry that often struggles with lighting and which pursues millennial grey as a colour palette, PWMOV is kaleidoscopic. The movie is alive with colour, every scene popping off the screen. The score is also excellently curated, as it perfectly aligns with the emotional resonance of each scene. Paula Abdul’s ‘Forever Your Girl’ will take its place in romcom music history, alongside “Everlasting Love” and “You’re So Vain”.”
Caroline dives into Brett Haley’s People We Meet on Vacation.
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Family as The Muse in Sentimental Value
Amy delves into Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, exploring themes of family relationships and muses.
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Lighting the Divine – Wake Up Dead Man Review
anfa is back with a piece on Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man” which is part of the Knives Out series. Adelaide speaks on lighting as a storytelling tool and Johnson’s karmic narratives.
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In Retrospect: Edinburgh Film Festival
Iveta looks back on the films and Q+A’s that she attended at the 78th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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The Year with the Peerless Movie: On “Sorry, Baby” and Time
Cassia delves in to the directorial debut of Eva Victor with “Sorry, Baby”.
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“Grief is rotting your teeth”: A Review of The Shrouds (2024)
“Needless to say, this film is an extremely personal work from Cronenberg, but that does not necessarily mean that it’s bereft of the techno-psychological and body-horror elements traditionally associated with his name as he continues his surreal filmic study on humans and their relationship with ever-advancing technologies.”
Fionn discusses David Cronenberg’s 2024 film, “The Shrouds”.
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Legacy, Industry, and “28 Years Later” – Danny Boyle at the James Joyce award Q+A
According to a French journalist Danny Boyle himself encountered on a press tour, he is a director who makes the same films over and over again, just looking slightly different – always following a young man (at this point apparently she rolled her eyes) always overcoming impossible obstacles. And Danny Boyle apparently couldn’t agree more, […]
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“Weapon of the Weak”, Interview with Cheryl Hess – Galway Film Fleadh
This is a quick look back at the films we got to see at the Galway Film Fleadh this year and an interview with co-director of Marriage Cops, Cheryl Hess.
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Apathy in Profit – The Eurovision and Neutrality
“In 2022, the EBU set a precedent for repercussion and political standing by indefinitely banning Russia from participating or broadcasting the contest after their invasion of Ukraine… In this simple decision to ban, the EBU opened themselves up to the responsibility of being politically steadfast and answerable (…) they had just willingly consented to partake in a huge political statement.”
Adelaide talks about politics in the light of this year’s Eurovision and the continued participation of Israel.
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“Is it the story about the little girl who lived down the lane?”: Looking Back At David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
“While the Twin Peaks saga is shrouded in subjective, vague, and at times even duplicitous or deceptive allegories, one of its more immediate core themes is “the evil that men do”, as Agent Cooper’s colleague Albert puts it when trying to come to terms with the idea of Bob, and The Return doesn’t stray from this.”
Fionn revisits the Twin Peaks 2017 revival.
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