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What the Oscar Nominations Missed – and if I Picked Them
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
Samuel Stephenson
Mar 104 min read


This is the Skin of a Killer, Bella: Dating in St Andrews
By Victoria Castro Is St Andrews Scotland’s Forks? Thanks to our (mostly) incredible weather and the surprising presence of successful twenty-year-olds and young entrepreneurs, the parallels are there. If a St Andrews student speaks as if they have lived several different lives while shining under blue sunlight, it might just be that they are a Scottish Cullen. Credits: The Sweet Savory Life Until very recently, I was one of those people who had never seen Twilight . Sure
Victoria Castro
Mar 13 min read


'If Taylor Swift Were R-Rated': Emerald Fennel’s “Wuthering Heights”
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
Callisto Lodwick
Feb 155 min read


‘Schneewittchen’: Experiencing the Death of Cinema
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
Samuel Stephenson
Nov 24, 20253 min read
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