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Three Unique Positions on Human Living: A Review of ‘Higher Degrees 19’

Caroline SabaterSeptember 29, 2019

An image of a dumpster, a blurred painting of a wall and an LSD-ridden secret society that believes to be in conversations with dolphins. Like all art, these se...

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‘Ad Astra’ provides a meditative, reflexive and haunting interstellar journey

Daniel PattersonSeptember 25, 2019

The infinite, never-ending darkness of space so often provides the perfect cinematic canvas for intimate self-reflection. It’s an odd dichotomy, but over the pa...

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‘Good Boys’: Twelve-year-olds have never been so funny

Tess MilliganSeptember 22, 2019

Good Boys is not a film for kids, even though its stars are just that. In his directorial debut, Gene Stupnitsky, best known for his writing on the American ver...

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Playwright Gita Bezard on ‘Perpetual Wake’ and advice for aspiring theatre writers and directors

Paris DoickSeptember 19, 2019

Gita Bezard, director, writer and performer from theatre company The Last Great Hunt, talks to Grok about writing, shame and courage from her latest show, Perpe...

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Neighbo(u)r Film Project: a collection of communities

Paris DoickSeptember 19, 2019

Lounging by the door, a man wearing a beanie and glasses and holding a beer in his hand exclaims loudly as his friend appears around the corner. They greet each...

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‘Downton Abbey’: the cinematic epilogue to the British TV series

Charlie WrightSeptember 12, 2019

Downton Abbey (2010) is a British TV drama set in early 20 century England, on a country estate of the same name. It follows the lives of the household—both t...

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‘The Farewell’: bittersweet and emotionally endearing

Ebony BryantSeptember 12, 2019

If you’re searching for a film to get you in the feels, look no further than Lulu Wang’s The Farewell. As soon as I heard about this film I was keen to see i...

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‘Wonder Woman’: imagine feminism was a superhero

Kaelen RulandSeptember 11, 2019

Feminist discourse has circulated since the first wave of feminism during the 19th century: today they have different names like the #MeToo movement, Women’s Ma...

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Beyond the screen: see the hard work of the people behind the cameras

Tim Maslin-DaviesSeptember 7, 2019

When the average person leaves the cinema, the last thing on their mind will be all the sleepless nights the production crew had making the film they just watch...

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‘The Map to Paradise’: a collection of sea tales

Kellie BalaamSeptember 3, 2019

With the current state of our environment and the news circulating the world, we all must know, to some degree, how our planet is calling for help. Our Planet w...

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