By Michael McNulty Ousmane Sembene began his career as a story teller in literature, writing a number of successful novels which were published in France. After Senegal gained its independence from France in 1960, Sembene turned his attention to filmmaking and recognizing the universality of the moving image he travelled...
Murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich has been confirmed as being a Wikileaks source by Seymour Hersh in a leaked telephone call. The journalist, who has high level FBI sources, discussed what he knows about the murder in the call and revealed some interesting details about what is in the FBI report...
By Wyndham Hacket Pain It may seem unfair to compare every new racing documentary to Asif Kapadia’s Senna, but since its 2011 release there have been a number of films that have covered the sport. Rush, Lauda: The Untold Story, 1, and Senna vs Brundle have all to a certain...
By Michael McNulty Gareth Tunley’s debut feature, The Ghoul, is a brooding, atmospheric psychological thriller. Blending a dreamlike, occult narrative with suburban noir, Tunely, a Ben Wheatley regular, has made a film that feels part Kill List, with a smattering of Taxi Driver and a Lynch-ian twist. Chris (Tom Meeten),...
By Wyndham Hacket Pain Maud Lewis remains one of Canada’s best known folk artists. Despite suffering from rheumatoid arthritis that restricted her movement she still managed to produce her much loved paintings. At one point her fame grew to the extent that she was featured in magazines and on television, and...
By Wyndham Hacket Pain Stories about the Second World War are so ingrained in our minds and daily practice that it can seem as if there is nothing to add to the discourse of this period. As a result, it is always a pleasure for a story to separate itself from...
Dunkirk is almost a silent film. Dunkirk is a film that is a master class in the art of ‘show it, don’t say it’. Dunkirk, demands that you feel like you are on the front line with the soldiers. The audience is used as another stranded Tommy on the beach,...
By Susanne Malim, Managing Director of Jermyn Street Design As usual, this summer saw Wimbledon officials strictly enforcing the players’ “all whites” dress code, enforcing the view that we are all sticklers for formal attire at every occasion. Uniforms and dress codes certainly play a role in certain situations, but, times...
Although folding bicycles were employed by the military as early as the late 1800s to be dropped by parachute, it wasn’t until around the 1980s that the modern, compact folding bike was ‘born’. Throughout this illustrious history, any number of iterations have emerged, though designs that boast the optimum blend...