One prevalent element in the horror narrative is that of the monster. Such monsters are the physical embodiments of our fears and they often portray ‘otherness’. With the emergence of disease, economic disaster, natural devastation, and science innovation, society’s fears evolve and with it, the horror genre and the monster. My fascination with horror [...]
Adopted from André Aciman’s novel, ‘Call Me by Your Name’ is no doubt one of the best films of 2017 and will have your heart bursting with all types of emotions that you weren’t even aware you had. Of course, seeing as it’s directed by Luca Guadagnino, the inclusion of beautiful, flawless people experiencing [...]
Fashion film is not in its infancy but it appears stuck in a type of seclusion, held within the fashion industry like a most prized possession. Now more than ever before, fashion films have been stretching their arms out, trying to grasp the film industry as its own. Narrative plots are seeping into a medium [...]
Coming-of-age films serve as a realistic yet dramatised overview of what life in high school is like: makeup transformations, popularity contests, boy trouble which perfectly describes Mean Girls. As a result of teen films, living vicariously through characters played by grown women and men has become one of my many skills. Through all those [...]
Great cinema is escapism but it is also reality: a film that leads us to examine and subsequently question our everyday lives can have just as much of an effect as one that takes us to explore foreign lands, fantasy worlds or faraway galaxies. Within psychological cinema, however, lies an inherent danger for filmmakers [...]
