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Recasting the Council Estate: A Discussion of Andrea Arnold’s Red Road and Fish Tank

Cornwall Film Festival

Mar 32 min read

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Recasting the Council Estate: A Discussion of Andrea Arnold’s Red Road and Fish Tank

By @laraabbey on Instagram, adapted from a longer essay Representations of high-rise tower blocks and council estates have a long and...

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History of horror cinema, & how the genre engages with questions of female desire by Lara Abbey

Cornwall Film Festival

Sep 8, 20235 min read

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History of horror cinema, & how the genre engages with questions of female desire by Lara Abbey

Horror films from the very earliest days of cinema tended to be adaptations of Gothic novels, and as such, shared many of their ideas...

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Banshee: My Favourite Show... That Sucks

Joe Blackman

Mar 8, 20232 min read

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Banshee: My Favourite Show... That Sucks

I find it hard to recommend Banshee to anyone, despite it being one of my favourite TV shows of all time. It's a serious guilty pleasure...

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Cornwall Film Festival

Feb 20, 20235 min read

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#BaftasSoWhite

So let's discuss the 2023 BAFTA's. The BAFTA Awards are an annual ceremony that honours the best achievements in film, television, and...

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Cornwall Film Festival

Apr 20, 20222 min read

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On Writing

Writing is... hard. Despite being considered a born gift, anybody that has tried to write a significant piece of writing (e.g a novel)...

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Cornwall Film Festival

Jan 21, 20222 min read

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The Empowering Art of Animation

The evolution of animation on our screens in the last 20 years alone is mesmerising. Have you seen Toy Story 1 compared to Toy Story 4?!...

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Audience as Filmmaker: Filmic Interpretation in 80,000 Years Old

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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Audience as Filmmaker: Filmic Interpretation in 80,000 Years Old

A film that is impossible to fully understand, one that brings you back to it over and over so you can uncover more of its possibilities.

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The Personal Becomes Relatable in A Metamorfose dos Pássaros

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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The Personal Becomes Relatable in A Metamorfose dos Pássaros

Vasconcelos shares with us the memories and emotions of her family, offering this film to anyone open to receive it.

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Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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How I Found Nomadland in Cornwall

It not only channeled the preconception of what it means to live in a van but also an ever-growing frustration with the systems we occupy.

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Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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Green Light for The Green Knight

It subverts the heritage film genre, highlighting that the historical pursuit of honour is not the ideal path we believe it to be.

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How Lamb Changed The Way I Look At Films

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

Film

How Lamb Changed The Way I Look At Films

Watching Lamb changed the way I, as a filmmaker, understood twists.

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Evangelion Ends With Thunderous Applause

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

Film

Evangelion Ends With Thunderous Applause

Evangelion is a pure, meta-bending experience that is equal parts exciting and cathartic, but simultaneously bittersweet.

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Drowning Witness: Suffering and Subjectivity in Das Purpurmeer

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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Drowning Witness: Suffering and Subjectivity in Das Purpurmeer

Best read outside of most typical decodings of documentary, Das Purpurmeer must be felt and left lodged in the mind of the viewer.

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Malignant: A Deranged Experience For Those Who Persevere

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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Malignant: A Deranged Experience For Those Who Persevere

Like Miley Cyrus in her Wrecking Ball era, Malignant isn’t for everyone but it’s something to be seen, and oh boy, is it a lot of fun.

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The Human Voice in Pedro Almodóvar's One-Woman Act

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 19, 20212 min read

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The Human Voice in Pedro Almodóvar's One-Woman Act

For die-hard Almodóvar fans, this masterpiece is not to be missed but dared to be experienced.

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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - The Feminist Satire Of Our Times

Cornwall Film Festival

Nov 5, 20212 min read

Film

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - The Feminist Satire Of Our Times

The film challenges society’s archaic perceptions and successfully reveals its outdated misconceptions about sex and gender roles.

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Cornwall Film Festival

Oct 14, 20213 min read

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Man, Machines, Movies

From fembots to replicants, storytellers have integrated machines in their cinematic tales to address issues of identity and technology.

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Cornwall Film Festival

Oct 8, 20213 min read

Film

Kristen Stewart: Through The Years

From blockbusters to indies, the 31-year-old actress has proven her versatility across a wide range of roles since a young age.

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