Taika Waititi: a new hope?
Taika Waititi has been hired to write and direct a new Star Wars, a bright move for the franchise? Ben Parson speculates as what this could mean for the film saga.
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Last Night I Watched: ‘There Will Be Blood’
A dark and brooding epic, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘There Will Be Blood’ is a landmark masterpiece. The film follows Daniel Plainview, as he navigates America in the late 19th, and early 20th Centuries in pursuit of oil, and the success that it entails. He is accompanied by his son, H.W....
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Last Night I Watched: ’12 Years a Slave’
Ben Parsons tells us why 12 Years a Slave deserved its best picture win and why it is still a masterpiece in 2020, expertly portraying the brutality of the slave trade.
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‘My Neighbor Totoro’: joyful animated escapism
Ben Parsons explores 'My Neighbor Totoro' and all the benefits and joys that Studio Ghibli has to offer.
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The familiar formula of the music biopic
Ben Parsons tells us why we should be weary of music biopics and what they could mean for the film industry at large.
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The Blumhouse model: factory filmmaking or artist’s dream?
Ben Parsons discusses the Blumhouse model of filmmaking and whether it is allowing for artistic freedom or being run too much as a business.
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Coronavirus: COVID-19’s impact on the film industry
Ben Parsons gives an insight into how Coronavirus is currently affecting the film industry, as well as giving a few predictions as to how it may affect the future of cinema.
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