Many of my generation went through the most significant developmental phase of our lives over the last decade, and many of us were influenced by cinema and the stories it showed to us. Maybe we fell in love (I did, … Continue reading Formative Films of the Decade Originally Published in Print February 2019
IFI, Temple Bar – Barely a five minute walk from the Trinity campus, the Irish Film Institute is known for its showcasing of art cinema and Irish films! The number of adverts shown prior the film is quite small compared … Continue reading Dublin Cinemas // Review Originally Published in Print November 2019
I have never viewed women in cinema in the same way as women on television. Film has been full of yearning to be – and subsequent internalised-misogynistic envy – towards its female characters, while female narratives on television have more … Continue reading Good Representation Comes on a Small Screen: Women and Television Grace Kenny compares representation of women on TV versus film.
●●●●○ Following a successful but heavily criticised second season, Stranger Things has returned to Netflix with a Fourth of July-centered, eight episode-long spectacle which finally finds a fitting balance between its themes of coming-of-age, science fiction and nostalgia. Against a … Continue reading Stranger Things Season 3: Reviewed Grace Kenny reviews the latest season of Netflix’s nostalgic sci-fi hit.
●●●●○ Otis (Asa Butterfield) becomes Netflix’s answer to the sex and love columnists of teen magazines from the early noughties as he attempts to resolve his peers’ sexual struggles with the occasional help of his sex therapist mother (Gillian Anderson) … Continue reading Sex Education // Reviewed Grace Kenny takes a look at Netflix’s newest taboo-busting hit