Jul 26, 20183 min readFragments of Film: Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance, 2010)By Katy Thompson You Always Hurt The One You Love I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to study a wide range of cinema...
Jul 18, 20182 min readFragments of Film: The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway, 1982) By Michael Gilson Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds: The Draughtsman cannot afford to wait. He has 12 commissioned drawings to...
Jun 28, 20184 min readSolo: The Revolution Will Not Be DisneyfiedBy Jack Jenkins In 2012, Disney bought LucasFilm for four billion dollars, giving it complete ownership over the Star Wars Franchise....
Jun 22, 20184 min readThe Ballet of Barry: Journeying Through Every Thought There Ever WasBy Joseph Gilson “Perhaps it is the world that suffers from schizophrenia,” suggests a disembodied voice, ringing out, lonesome, against...
Jun 1, 20189 min readCities of Change: Rome, From Fellini to Sorrentino The city has long been a muse and inspiration for filmmakers, from the dawn of moving image to the present day. Literal symphonies have...
Apr 25, 201810 min readTowards New Frontiers: An Overview of the Belfast Film Festival There is an often told story of the first days of cinema, that of the train arriving at the station. It was 1896 and in a small cinema...
Jan 30, 20184 min readFragments of Film: Call Me By Your Name and My Own Private Idaho By Susan Gilson Fire – 2hrs 7mins/ Bob’s Funeral – 1hr 29 mins There were 3.38 minutes of cinema at the end of last year that will be...
Jan 26, 20183 min readFragments of Film: Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)By Harry Hook One-way mirror – 1hr 58mins Cinema acts as a one-way mirror. The audience watch the characters in the film; observing,...
Jan 20, 20183 min readFragments of Film: Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973) By Edwin Gilson Dancing in the fog - 1hr 30mins When I close my eyes and think of evocative film scenes, I see thick fog...and a group of...
Jan 13, 20184 min readFragments of Film: My Neighbours the Yamadas (Isao Takahata, 1999)By Joseph Gilson In Don Delillo’s novel of a disemboweled American dream, Americana, his central character David Bell, whilst attempting...
Nov 7, 20174 min readThe Myth of Time: Spending 8 Hours with Cheng Ran's In Course of the MiraculousBy Joseph Gilson “Even if we don’t define them, they still exist behind the scenes.” Midway through Cheng Ran’s cinematic odyssey, In...