Film & TV · Music
Recommending Takashi Miike movies based on your favourite Charli XCX song
News that Charli XCX will star in and produce Japanese director Takashi Miike’s next film has surprised fans of both artists.
6 August 2026
Louie Keight
Stories
Film & TV
Unethical non-monogamy: 30 years of Crash
In 1996, the Cannes Film Festival opened to pouring rain.
13 July 2026
Film & TV
Akira predicted the AI singularity in 1988
It seems an interesting choice to re-release a cyberpunk film about societal breakdown, warring government factions, violent state control, large-scale urban destruction and a technological consciousness that…
30 April 2026
Film & TV
Our Favourite Food Scenes in Film
For anyone celebrating Friendsgiving around the globe, or for those land-locked in the U.S.
27 November 2025
Film & TV · Life & Culture
Are We Bored of Climate Apocalypse?: On Kaiju and Ecology
Recent polling suggests a drop in the number of UK adults who see climate change as an important issue; the phrase ‘climate fatigue’ has overtaken concerns about ‘climate anxiety’ in even the…
10 November 2025
Film & TV
Youth, Persisting: In the Trilogy of Wang Bing
Documentarian Wang Bing does little with haste.
3 September 2025
Film & TV
A Spiritual Pornography: “Hardcore” at The Nickel Cinema
Scott), a devoutly Calvinist business owner from the Midwest, lives a life centred on work, family and God – until his teenage daughter Kristen (Ilah Davis) disappears from a church trip, turning…
5 August 2025
Life & Culture
The End of the World as We Know it: Apocalypse Narratives as Salvation
A 20-something records herself with the phone’s front-facing camera tilted at a 45 degree angle.
31 July 2025
