Owen Frost pays tribute to the late MF DOOM. Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name. Rest in Peace the Supervillain.
Movies losing momentum – is the end near in sight?
Writer and Arts and Culture print editor Owen Frost investigates the recent decision from Cineworld to temporarily close their cinemas, after the postponement of No Time To Die’s date of release. The decision to close has affected over 37,000 globally.
Retroactive remedying: How can depictions of Blackface be torn down?
Owen Frost explores the most recent removal of Blackface depictions both within television and film – and how they can effectively be torn down.
Culture in the Time of Covid
Hyde Park Book Club Book Club is a great spot for either a chilled pint with friends or a great opportunity to pick up a book from their selection of great non-fiction and fiction. Over […]
Da 5 Bloods Review: Spike Lee does not quite strike gold
The latest Spike Lee “Joint” arrived on Netflix on June 12th, off the back of Lee’s 2018 critical success with BlacKkKlansman. Da 5 Bloods is Lee’s return to satirical form with focus on African American GI experience in […]
Black Lives Matter, Covid-19 and the Arts: an Interview with BBC Two Channel Controller Patrick Holland
Owen Frost sits down (virtually) with Patrick Holland, Controller of BBC 2, to discuss his channel’s policies regarding Black Lives Matter and the increasing importance of history in public broadcasting. Owen: Hi Patrick, can you […]
Full Stream Ahead: How has the Arts and Culture world coped with Covid-19?
With great Leeds arts community spaces such as Hyde Park Picture House or the Leeds Museums & Galleries temporarily closing due to Covid-19, it is easy for students to remain defeatist, envisioning the creative landscape […]
Extraction Review: What can be salvaged from Netflix’s latest action-packed feature?
In Extraction, ex-Asgardian Chris Hemsworth plays a stoic Australian mercenary, Tyler Rake, flung into a world of crime. Rake’s recruitment is directed by handler Nik (Golshifteh Farahani) and also features warring Indian and Bangladeshi drug […]
European Film Institutions call for the Freedom of Incarcerated Iranian Dissident Director Mohammad Rasoulof
Mohammad Rasoulof, director of the recent There Is No Evil, who was recently incarcerated in Iran, has gained international attention from many filmmakers and institutions since his Iranian jail sentence. Institutions such as European Film […]
Trailer Review: The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s notorious auteur colour palette has once again brushed our screens with the trailer for The French Dispatch or The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (to give its full title) hot […]
The West is not the Best: Will Parasite’s Success be enough to Reinvent the Film Industry?
Owen Frost explores the success of Parasite but why it‘s progress for international films could be lost.
Spoiler Alert! Are Spoilers the Filmmakers Best Kept Secret?
Growing up, I was never too fond of the traditional spoiler. When it appears essential to the plot, for example: in The Film That We Do Not Talk About, The Usual Suspects and Shawshank Redemption, […]