Due to the various snippets of reviews I’ve read for Netflix’s new show Emily in Paris (2020), it is safe to say I was expecting the bare minimum. It is […]
Category: Arts & Culture
The Lockdown List: Derry Girls (2018 – present)
The comedy show ‘Derry Girls’ follows an ensemble of students trying to navigate their way through teenage life. Despite being incredibly well-written, it is criminally underrated and many have not […]
REVIEW: Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee presents an action-packed genre mashup that mostly misses the mark. Lee’s Vietnam war, adventure flick doesn’t fail in it’s attempts to entertain, but it certainly fails in competing […]
AMPLIFY! 2020 – REVIEW: Falling
Viggo Mortenson’s family drama is mostly imperfect in its outcome, but it certainly awakens the potential promise of an Eastwoodesque directing career as momentary hints of able film crafting are […]
Morena
By Jan Lunette The colour of her skin makes golden hour last for days, years, a lifetime in which the sun never sets. In Maori, she is the good morning […]
AMPLIFY! 2020: Rose Plays Julie (2020)
Rose Plays Julie (2020) is a quiet, unassuming gem that follows a young Veterinary student named Rose (Ann Skelly) who seeks out her birth mother, an actress called Ellen (Orla […]
The Lockdown List: RATCHED (2020)
‘The Lockdown List’ is a new fortnightly feature on The Yorker whereby we share with you some of the best content to be watching during this isolation period – we […]
AMPLIFY! 2020: Lola / Lola vers la mer (2019)
Laurent Micheli’s debut feature Even Lovers Get the Blues (2016) follows a group of friends and their questions of love, life and the aching impulses that drive their desires. Micheli’s […]
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2020: 10th Anniversary
Aesthetica Short Film festival kicked off it’s 10th year on Tuesday with a Covid friendly all Online programme. With a Live programme from the 3rd of November to the 9th […]
Amplify 2020: The New Online Film Festival That Will Bring Some Joy to an Otherwise Bleak November
With our second Lockdown underway and with so many live events being cancelled this year one small silver lining is the addition of an incredible new online film festival brought […]