Settling the Age-Old Etiquette Question: Who Should Pay on the First Date?
Picture this: you're at a candle-lit dinner date and things are going really well. There's flirting, laughing, and the eye...
In The Middle
Lost in Translation: A Quiet Masterpiece or a Problematic Fantasy?
Lily Rodney revisits Sofia Coppola's 'Lost in Translation', discussing the key themes of loneliness, isolation and culture. Sofia Coppola’s 2003...
Politics at the Dinner Table: The Difficulties of Generational Political Differences
A recent family trip that I went on began as all should: a reunion to celebrate an elderly relative’s birthday...
The Longest Goodbye: Role Model at the O2 Academy
There is something truly special about two thousand people mourning a relationship that was never theirs. Rounding up his incredibly...
Save the Green Planet: revisiting the zany, off-beat basis for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia
Paul Evangelista revisits Save the Green Planet following the recent release of Bugonia. Aliens are real - and they walk...
Dreaming of Freedom: The Quiet Power of Kukla’s Fantasy
Lily Rodney reviews Kukla's 'Fantasy', one of the movies which is part of the Leeds International Film Festival. I had...
Submarine: What we Feel When We Start to Sink
Lily Rodney insightfully revisits Richard Ayoade's Submarine, discussing the key elements of the movie. I’d been meaning to watch Submarine for a...
Gym Bro vs Tradwife: The Backwards Fantasy of Gender Extremes
Social media has seen a recent boom in fitness and lifestyle influencers who promote dangerous hypermasculine and hyperfeminine ideals. The...
Inter Alia: The Weight of Womanhood
Edie Bright reviews National Theatre's Inter Alia, and passionately writes about the weight of womanhood, both on and off screen....
Review: Open Theatre’s ‘The Department of Lost Time’
Lisa Clark reviews Open Theatre's 'The Department of Lost Time,' reflecting on the play's memorable moments. LUU’s Open Theatre Society’s...