A Film About Soul-Searching
This article explores Joyland, a film about a young man who falls in love with a trans woman and navigates the ambiguity of his masculine identity.
Black Political Struggle and its Iconography
Joseph Yorke-Wescott explores the different ways in which black struggle has been narrativised through time, highlighting how the idea of the Black Revolutionary ultimately relies on eventual death.
A lot of us are very lonely
Henry Kidney explores Spike Jonze’s Her, relating growing loneliness to the ascendency of hyper-individualism.
Spirituality in Jazz
John Coltrane is one of the most revered jazz musicians of all time, but many do not fully recognise the role of his wife Alice. Dillon Gohil explores their relationship and how their Eastern philosophy helped popularise Spiritual Jazz.
The Death of Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is dead and we have killed it, argues Owen Dawes. From cyborg consumers to stem cell immortality, science fiction has returned with a vengeance.. but big capital holds the keys.
Reforming Education
Henry Kidney analyses British educational inequality using Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. He contrasts it with Finland's education system, which is consistently ranked as the best globally.
About Some Meaningless Events
Exploring the revolutionary potential of cinema through the 1974 Moroccan docu-fiction.
A Grand Don’t Come For Free
Delving into the legacy and importance of Mike Skinner’s acclaimed concept album classic.
Empowerment or Fetishisation?
Exploring contested narratives of fetishisation, sexualisation, and violence in Tarantino’s Kill Bill films.
Poverty & Police Violence
Owen Dawes explores Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables and its portrayal of the complexities of Paris’s urban projects.
Johnny 316
Dillon Gohil explores the lost-then-found indie film starring the controversial Vincent Gallo.
Cannibal Holocaust
Henry Kidney the controversial film Cannibal Holocaust and its reinforcement of the cannibal stereotype.
THE FORGOTTEN SOUND OF EAST LONDON
Dillon Gohil explores their brief history of the influential AR Kane, within which by chance the duo created a new genre.
Antisemitism in gaming
How does coded language and iconography within the alt-right manifest in gaming?
Tom Sachs Postmodern consumerism
Dillon Gohil explores how the artist addresses consumerism and commodity fetishism.