The debate over whether art should be political is one which has dominated discussions amongst those who dwell in the world of creative expression. It is ongoing and arguably, gathering momentum.
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The Battle of the Formats: The Golden Ratio
Aspect ratios are the window through which we view movies. Whether you’re watching on your iPhone or the BFI IMAX, the filmmaker has decided how much footage they want you to see at any one time. But exactly how much footage is the right amount of footage?
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Dunkirk and the Art of War: Christopher Nolan’s Oppressive Aesthetic
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk has won universal critical acclaim for its attempt to authentically reproduce the evacuation of soldiers from Dunkirk. Nolan’s movie has been hailed as the artistic zenith of the war film; a masterclass in temporal and spatial elasticity, weaving together a triplet of narratives told across one week, one day, and one hour,…
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Reconciling Islam and Feminism
Trigger warning: heavy mentions of rape, as well as mentions of abuse and murder. My first experience with feminism was when I was fifteen, and one of my teachers gave a brief outline of what it meant and what it stood for. I didn’t really care for it much back then – the fact that…
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The Battle of the Formats: LieMAX
Formats, for better or worse, define the cinematic experience: how big is the screen? What’s the aspect ratio? Digital or projection? What’s the seating arrangement? With The Battle of the Formats, I’m gonna be addressing a number of different topics around the physical presentation of films to help you inform how to have the ultimate…
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A Brief History of Harlem: Renaissance, Racial Divisions, and Gentrification
Harlem has been classified as a historically African American neighbourhood, associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and years of racially divided districts.
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Brutalism’s revival: The forgotten ethics
Brutalism, identified by its chunky peculiarity and concrete oddity is both adored and loathed, understood and condemned. But as its national demolition is routinely being called for, an insurgence in its popularity has emerged, only to illuminate the current isolation between politics and architecture – a relationship once intrinsic to our fabric of life.
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#CARRYTHEMHOME – How England Rugby Wins Social Media
With a combined following of over 3,000,000 on ‘the big three’, England Rugby trumps the web presence of any other team competing in the Six Nations. If you’re living, working, or studying in the UK and haven’t liked the Facebook page, it’s almost a guarantee that at least 10 of your Facebook friends have. So…
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Is Capitalism to Blame For Our Health Anxiety?
Health anxiety affects 20% of the general population. In our fragile capitalist climate, analysing the relationship between systematic insecurity and biological insecurity may well be overdue.
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The people with chronic pain who fall through the cracks in the NHS
Imagine being in so much pain that you never left the house unless you had to. Now imagine you couldn’t make that pain go away. The charity Pain UK estimates that 14 million people in Britain are suffering from chronic pain, defined medically as pain persisting longer than three months. Others put that number much higher.…
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