Re-envisioning religion - Verhoeven´s feminine chapel
As I enter the room, daylight shines through brightly painted windows, casting warm, playful reflections of light on the walls covered...
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Ninetin Lu
- May 11
When the Chips are Down
A review of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller For the last few months, there has been a steady...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 31
Bacon’s 1973 Triptych: Death on a Toilet Seat
Blurb: In this piece, Leilani walks you through Francis Bacon’s 1973 Triptych. Here we dive deep into the grotesque, ugly, and cold.
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Mar 16, 2022
The Crown: a series that immerses you in the royal life
If you are a big fan of the British royal family or you just like to watch what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are doing, — the series...
Victoria Alexander
- Mar 9, 2022
The Eternals: Great in Scope, Not in Execution
*SPOILERS AHEAD* Okay, I’ll admit it: I actually enjoy action movies. Not even in an ironic, laughing-at-the-ridiculousness kind of way,...
Alodia Heijmans
- Mar 3, 2022
The Garden of Earthly Delights (Hieronymus Bosch)
Thinking about art in the fifteenth century, you would not be at fault if the first thing that came to mind would not be some farfetched...
Paula Nörr
- Feb 16, 2022
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Did you also come home for Christmas? “It’s a funny thing. Coming home. Everything looks the same. Feels the same, even smells the same....
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Feb 11, 2022
A Bell Jar That No Longer Rings
On February 11th, the world’s literary community commemorates fifty-nine years since one of the finest female poets decided to take her...
Peter Pelzer
- Jan 31, 2022
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Wind blows across barren wasteland. A hawk cries in the distance. Enter the cowboy in heavy boots and clangorous spurs. Now it can only...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Jan 25, 2022
Dune (2021) - An impressive adaptation of Herbert’s 1965 novel
Since the publication of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune in 1965 and its sequels, the Dune franchise has become widely known...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 15, 2022
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Love, coming of age, existential dread, death, and loneliness are some of the main themes that encapsulate this literary ‘masterpiece’....
Léane Del Duca
- Jan 14, 2022
‘Anne With an E’: A Canadian Series as a Lesson of Life
I discovered the Canadian series ‘Anne with an E’ thanks to a friend’s recommendation. I did not expect much because it was not the type...
Leilani Radaideh
- Nov 17, 2021
Finding Pleasure in Tragedy: Possible in Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
Nothing screams ‘feel the positive in the negative’ more than Shakespeare does in many of his intensely morbid plays as he crushes our...
Max Welford
- May 2, 2021
MASEL TOV COCKTAIL: A Short film about Jewish stereotypes…Or just an angry Jew
Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15az-XaW6Ms&ab_channel=KINO%21GermanyNow%21 A scene from Masel Tov Cocktail (Vimeo) “You got...
Dan Edwards
- Mar 25, 2021
Why Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is one of the greatest films of all time.
Star Wars has been, and will continue to be, one of the most important film franchises in cinema. The majority of children, teenagers and...
Jan Haverman
- Mar 12, 2021
What a Day - a review.
After 6 years of beautiful but dark and bluesy songs, Ben Howard has released a track which makes us nostalgic about days yet to come....
Ethan Bergman
- Mar 2, 2021
Cannibal Holocaust: If It Matters, It Produces Controversy.
Derived from this title’s logic, it can be stated that Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust certainly mattered. In fact, it is widely regarded as...
Max Welford
- Feb 11, 2021
Blatant unawareness doesn’t make you clever. How OutKast opened Hip-Hop to eccentricity
The commercial success and critical acclaim of OutKast is one of the most significant stories in modern-day (popular) music. Whether it...
Céline Zahno
- Jan 22, 2021
A writer lost to the 20th century.
"After the calm comes the storm; it starts out slowly, reaches its peak, then it's over and other periods of calm, some longer, some...
Ethan Bergman
- Jan 17, 2021
Chuck Norris Vs. Communism: Cassettes as weapons for Revolution
Chuck Norris Vs Communism (2015) Director: Ilinca Calugareanu This documentary thriller tells the story of the importance of Western...
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