Give DC its Due - The Batman is one for the culture - DC Movie Review
Better than anything that guy with a hammer can do for Norse theology or what Elon Musk’s doppelganger in a metallic red suit can do for science; Batman is for culture. Ignoring all the prequels that came before it and all the sequels that will – unavoidably – come after, The …
Beau is Afraid (and so are we) – A24 Movie Reviews
In a world that bombards us with reasons to be anxious all day every day, Ari Aster's latest unsettling film production, Beau is Afraid , speaks to us in the language of twitchy-eyed terror. Whether it’s WebMD convincing you that you have a life-threatening illness or the n…
The Lighthouse: a damned delight
Black and white and weird, The Lighthouse serves as a noir allegory for the mental cost of isolation. Pretty pertinent lockdown viewing then, but not the escapism you might be seeking. Originally meant as a contemporary version of Edgar Allan-Poe’s unfinished short story, the fi…
To Fight Climate Change We First Must Tackle the Lobbyists
When we think about the devastating effects of climate change, current and future, it’s easy to feel so helpless as to want to forget. Am I to blame? Are my cheap light bulbs accelerating the destruction of our ecosystem? Is my carbon footprint the only lasting impact I’ll have…
On Trusting Instincts: The Kavanaugh Assault is All Too Real
Comments sections are bitter lands. They run by different laws where no one’s safe and everyone’s a prisoner of their own poor grammar. An opinion, it seems, needs to be caps-locked in order for it to be valid. Bandying insults of nationality and lowered intelligence has be…
Puppies for Sale: The Truth About the Global Pet Industry
It's 2017, the age of social responsibility, mindfulness and environmental awareness. Supposedly, we treat animals better than we've ever done before. At this point, over half of all households in the USA own a pet and the pet industry now nets over US$60 billion a…
TTIP Stands For Corporations Not People
TTIP could be the corporate Trojan horse of the 21 st century, giving more rights to self-interested international corporations, and less to those in favour of a future Britain that isn’t shit and reliant on mindless consumerism. So you should be taking notes. Opinions on T…
UK Junior Doctors Strike: It’s not about money, it’s about ideology
Quite rightly, there’s a lot of talk about the junior doctor’s strike currently ongoing in the UK. On social media, in national and international news, and on the mouths of anyone with an invested interest in their nation’s health, we’re not short on things to say. But the di…
