Film&Cinema Archives : The SOAS Spirit

02 NOV

No Time for Misogyny

The franchise has been forced to realise its misogynistic tropes will no longer be accepted

02 NOV

The influx of new Black horror films and their duality

The new film changes the Candyman label into a generational curse that affects Black men who have faced trauma in their life under a social system that favours white people

02 NOV

The parallels of ‘Squid Game’ and modern society

..set to become Netflix’s most watched show. This accomplishment is enormous, not only due it being a foreign show, but also because of its commentary on the link between capitalism, poverty and desperation.

30 JAN

Shoplifters Is The First Japanese Film To Win at the Cannes Film Festival In Over Two Decades

Azeem Rajulawalla, BA History Image credit: ARTHUR MOLA This year’s winner of the big prize Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival went to Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’, a social drama about a makeshift, poverty-stricken family relying on shoplifting to survive in Tokyo. The first Japanese film to win the Palme D’Or since 1997, […]

13 MAR

The Grand Budapest Hotel @The Phoenix Cinema

Wes Anderson’s latest movie is a rollercoaster ride to sit through, but a highly enjoyable one. By Cristiana Moisescu The Phoenix Cinema is London’s oldest continuously running cinema. It opened in 1912 as the East Finchley Picturedome and although the name has changed several times, the building has kept its Art Deco magnificence. The screening […]