Author: Fiona Underhill
‘Aftersun’ (2022), ‘How to Have Sex’ (2023) and the Dreams and Nightmares of the British Package Holiday
British tourists have always had a reputation. Since the days of Byron, Shelley and Keats in Geneva and Italy and the Grand Tour which wealthy…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Bringing Out the Dead – the imperfect illusions of La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher)
Alice Rohrwacher’s sublime La Chimera is just now (in September 2024) finishing up an incredible six month run at the IFC Center in New York…
Review: Rare Beasts
Billie Piper has had a fascinating career – from late-90s teen pop sensation, through to Doctor Who assistant, critically-acclaimed work in both theatre and television…
Film Review: Ammonite (2020)
After making one of the best films of the last decade – God’s Own Country (2017) – director Francis Lee had a lot to live…
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) Review
I am of the opinion that if we’re going to get yet another adaptation from the literary canon, let’s at least do something interesting with…
The Power of the Confrontational Gaze in Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992) and The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
A young man paces up and down, by a tree, reading poetry. The same young man interrupts himself in voiceover, overlapping the diegetic dialogue with…
Film Review: How to Build a Girl (2019)
Caitlin Moran is a somewhat controversial media figure and is considered a leading voice in (white) feminism via her Times columns and her Twitter feed….
1957 in Film: Until They Sail
Until They Sail (directed by Robert Wise) is a World War Two romance set in New Zealand. Featuring the four Leslie sisters and their romantic…
Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
French director Céline Sciamma has been well-known amongst those who are into European cinema for some time now, with her films Water Lillies, Tomboy and…
Film Road to Halloween: Raw (2016)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 54 days to…
Film Road to Halloween: European horror from the watery depths – The Lure, Blue My Mind and Evolution
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 60 days to…
Film Road to Halloween: The Voices (2014)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 71 days to…