Reviews

By Chloe McFadden “An incomprehensible and forgettable sci-fi thriller, Ultraviolet is inept in every regard.”Critic consensus, Rotten Tomatoes. The 2006 dystopian film Ultraviolet was a resounding flop. In 2019 it has a Rotten Tomato score of a measly 8% and slew of harsh critiques from viewers. Across most review websites …

By Nadia Maunsell Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk penetrates the murky waters of racial politics unlike any other film (that I’ve seen) recently. Rather than conform to the recurring techniques of Oscar-bait films that use race as a buzzword, Jenkins portrays a powerful and emotional film that plays …

By Nadia Maunsell Like the majority of Australians this month, I went to see the final instalment in the Avengers cache, mainly to experience a sense of closure and to fulfil my responsibility in witnessing the grand ending to one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time. What I …

Rage Continued: A Review of Rebecca Traister’s, ‘Good and Mad, The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger’ by Georgia Rose Phillips   Anger, when observed in isolation, is often stigmatised or seen as an unpleasant or destructive force — especially when it comes from a woman. It is something many women …

Digital UNSW Med Revue – The Incredibly Racist By Lungol Wekina There’s something inexplicable about the feeling you get when you’re in the middle of a dark theatre and you’re surrounded by people laughing at racist remarks specifically targeting your own marginalised community. The first time it happens, you swallow …

Prose Swansong By Emily Olorin   I perch, trusting eyes locked with your own. I am achingly breathless in the blue that drowns me; I Ophelia, the curve of a lily at the bottom of a lake. A dove staring docile on the branches of a tree, giving its trust …