Category: Reviews
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Emily the Criminal is certified fresh
When you’re chained by inescapable student loans and working through precarious jobs, could anyone blame you for considering a life of crime?
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I like reading. Why can’t I focus when I read anymore?
Andrea delves deep into Johann Hari’s new book Stolen Focus to find out why we’re all struggling to concentrate when we read nowadays.
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Queer rom-com turned musical podcast? ‘Twinemies’ is a sensation for the ears
Musicals are generally associated with big dance numbers, extravagant costumes and dramatic lighting but, in the case of Twinemies, all this is left to the imagination. Andrea and Sashkia review the new musical podcast, dropping 4pm today.
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‘Breaking Boundaries’: the “most scary and enlightening” documentary on climate change
Breaking Boundaries is the latest hard-hitting David Attenborough documentary that you will not regret adding to the Netflix list.
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Amateur Filmmakers Breaking World Records: a review of ‘Hi Mom!’ and ‘Nomadland’
by Nadia Maunsell A review of Nomadland and Hi Mom! as their filmmakers sweep the 2021 awards season. Hi Mom! (2021) In a year punctuated by hits to film revenue across the board, Chinese comedian Jia Ling’s Hi Mom! is an outlier that managed the impossible. It broke the world record for highest grossing film…
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Med Revue 2021: somewhere between Shrek and Marriage Story (with a sprinkle of stereotypes)
by Richard Xu-Austen and Kat Wong Richard and Kat watched the opening night of Med Revue: Breaking Bones and came out with a lot of thoughts. It was dazzling, energetic, and… somewhat offensive. Editor’s note: we have removed a section of this article in reference to a joke which we previously and erroneously labelled as…