Parikrama: a thought-provoking yet flawed look at India’s Narmada River
Jamie Pakes reviews Goutam Ghose's latest film about cultural exchange, filmmaking and pilgrimage
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Inside No. 9’s Final Season: An Episode by Episode Review
Since its very first episode all the way back in 2014, Inside Number Nine has treated audiences to ten years of dazzling creativity and unpredictability, with episodes ranging from comedic and charming, to chilling and darkly twisted. The recent season nine is fittingly the final one for the show, meaning...
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A book review of ‘Fingersmith’ by Sarah Waters
Sue Trinder, a Victorian orphan girl living in a thieves’ den, is approached with a unique, dangerous, and potentially profitable opportunity. A man who her and her friends call ‘Gentleman’ plans to seduce and marry naïve heiress Maud Lilly, then have her thrown in a madhouse and steal her fortune....
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‘The Creator’ is a promising sign for sci-fi
The Creator is Gareth Edwards’s first film since Rogue One in 2016, and continues his work in sci-fi, as well as being another personal favourite of mine. It’s set in the near future, where A.I has become a fully intelligent life form. The world is essentially split into the Western...
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Why ‘Rogue One’ is Disney’s best Star Wars movie
In 2012, Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, and the Star Wars fanbase erupted with excitement at the prospect of seeing the franchise return to big screens for the first time since 2005. For me personally, it was a chance to see Star Wars in the cinema for the first...
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A compelling, heartfelt novel: a review of ‘The Buried Giant’ by Kazuo Ishiguro
Is it always better to remember? This is the question at the centre of The Buried Giant, the seventh novel from Nobel-Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. Released in 2015, the story is situated in a mythical pre-medieval Britain, containing ogres, knights, and the menacing she-dragon ‘Qerig’. However, the novel’s main battle...
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