The Stand
For students, by students 

Credit: Backrooms (2026), A24 One thing that has really surprised me about 2026 is that this year has been absolutely huge for movies. Not only have there been more hits at the box office, with both Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey being huge summer hits and grossing well over 1.5 billion dollars, it appears to be the case that more and more films are at the forefront of the cultural conversation. For cinephiles like me, I will try to see everything that I can, but

Towards the end of January, the Academy Awards nominations were announced. As usual, there were several snubs (some which I find inexcusable). There is often a lot of politics involved inside the Academy which explain why certain films were left out. This is certainly true of certain directors and writers. But my job here isn’t to shout my frustrations. I’m eager to make a list and point out films which should’ve made the list. Because if you’re frustrated about a snub, the b

I hate Wuthering Heights . I read it twice in English class, and disliked in more the second time than the first. I hate the contrived narrative with it’s three identically named characters. I hate the simpering fools down at Thrushcross Grange. I hate the mention of the ghost that tricks us into thinking this will be supernatural story. And I especially hate the Romantic-with-a-capital-R moment where Heathcliff so happens to be walking by at the exact moment his mortal enemy

By Samuel Stephenson At the end of April earlier this year, I found myself at Glasgow Film Theatre (one of Scotland’s best) for one of the only screenings of Stanley Schtinter’s Schneewittchen . The film is very loosely based off Snow White. Robert Walser, a German playwright, adapted Snow White into a flash drama which begins where the original ends, where the characters are made aware of their roles within the fairy tale. The play was then adapted into a Portuguese film whe