In Defence of Twilight Lara Monahan explores why our favourite vampire fantasy shouldn’t just be a guilty pleasure

It’s that time of year again. The trees have turned the burnt orange of Bella Swan’s pickup truck, the evenings seem to be tinted blue and everything I do seems to be scored to the first “oah oah oah oah … Continue reading In Defence of Twilight Lara Monahan explores why our favourite vampire fantasy shouldn’t just be a guilty pleasure

Sofia Coppola Outdoes Herself Once Again with ‘Priscilla’ While not painting either Priscilla nor Elvis as villain or hero, Coppola sensitively portrays the infamous relationship that began when Priscilla was just fourteen and lasted ten years.

When fourteen year old Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, her life changes forever. Her parents worry when she moves to America to be with him that she will become enmeshed in the drug-frenzied world of Rock n’ Roll, but something … Continue reading Sofia Coppola Outdoes Herself Once Again with ‘Priscilla’ While not painting either Priscilla nor Elvis as villain or hero, Coppola sensitively portrays the infamous relationship that began when Priscilla was just fourteen and lasted ten years.

Roald Dahl, through Wes Anderson’s Eyes A short review of Wes Anderson's new Netflix shorts.

From the twenty-eighth through to the thirtieth of September, Netflix released four shorts by Wes Anderson, adapting writer Roald Dahl’s short stories for the screen. This event was highly unusual, as Anderson is mostly known for his feature films. I, … Continue reading Roald Dahl, through Wes Anderson’s Eyes A short review of Wes Anderson’s new Netflix shorts.

All’s fair in sex and violence? Diving Head First into the Complex Morality of Gasper Noé’s Enter the Void (2009).

It’s a Sunday evening, your phone has six unanswered text messages lighting up the screen and the tail end of your hangover has mostly left the building. What lingers on into the bittersweet Sabbath sundown is a faint strain of … Continue reading All’s fair in sex and violence? Diving Head First into the Complex Morality of Gasper Noé’s Enter the Void (2009).