This animation, describing the heart-breaking life of a ten-year-old cut short by a school shooting, forms twelve of the most skilfully articulated minutes among modern shorts.
If Anything Happens I Love You
26th November 2020
The Arab Spring turned winter: The pitfall of a revolution
26th November 2020
The Arab Spring was a pro-democracy movement and a series of uprisings that broke the mould in Middle Eastern history, but its momentum didn’t last long before the region reversed into its autocratic and divided state. In both North Africa and the Middle East, by 2010, protestors fought for deep regime changes, for cultural freedom, and for democracy in their nations. First Tunisia and Egypt and then by domino effect, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and many others followed motivated by the short-term successes they saw in neighboring nations.
Top Stories: 27th November
26th November 2020
Have a flick through this week’s top stories, curated by Alexandra Defterios
Is Tim Burton racist?
20th November 2020
I, like many others, spent Halloween in bed watching a spooky Tim Burton movie. As the credits of the Corpse Bride starts playing I decide to look up the cast. Under a list of names and characters, I discovered a series of articles on Tim Burton and multiple racism accusations. How did this happen?
The Cinematography of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is impeccable. Here’s why.
19th November 2020
I think it is fair to say Beth Harmon took the world by surprise. Figuratively, literally, in the 1960s and in 2020, but she did it.
While I absolutely would love to discuss the thought-out plot, accurate context and the feminist message, I will leave that to you to think about after binge-watching the miniseries, like I did. I will, however, share my thoughts on the cinematography.
Note – contains some spoilers