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Watchmen HBO: Centering Our Imagination
Watchmen is greatly characterised by the way it fluidly moves between the past and its futuristic present, wedging the audience’s current...

Karen Chalamilla
Jun 28, 20205 min read


How To 'Eat The Rich' in Four Films
What was once a radical statement by French philosopher John Rousseau has now found its way to the most bizarre corners of the interwebs....

Naila Aroni
Jun 23, 20204 min read


Insecure Season 4 Review: Lowkey Triggered
Issa Rae’s brilliant comedy-drama, Insecure, made a return in April earlier this year, coinciding with the start of lockdown around the...

Ilayda McIntosh
Jun 22, 20205 min read


Insecure Finale Review: S4 E10 'Lowkey Lost'
I want to start out by saying how excellent this season of Insecure has been. Barring the lack of storyline for our beloved Kelli (season...

Paula Abu
Jun 16, 20206 min read


Season Review: Blood & Water
If you’ve been on social media over the last week or two, you’d know Blood and Water is the recent Netflix original set in South African...

Oratile Mogoje
Jun 14, 20204 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E9 'Lowkey Trying'
Welcome to my TED talk on the Penultimate episode of Season 4. *Pauses for awkward applause*. The theme centred around the idea of...
Ope Oduwole
Jun 9, 20203 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E8 'Lowkey Happy'
‘Lowkey Happy’ was written by Natasha Rothwell and that’s the reason for it’s brilliance. The episode flowed with an ease that last...

Akachi Priscilla Mbakwe
Jun 2, 20203 min read


The Half Of It: Beyond Queering The Romcom
Alice Wu’s new queer coming-of-age film, The Half of It (released May 1 on Netflix), follows two high school seniors -- queer booksmart...

Olivia Popp
May 28, 20205 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E7 ‘Lowkey Trippin’
For those of you who have been defending Molly’s actions, particularly those towards Issa, it seems like your fave is finally reaping a...

Sarah Oladele
May 26, 20203 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E6 ‘Lowkey Done’
“Little girl be fair, show yourself care” [as seen on Issa’s wall] from ‘Girl Blue’ by Stevie Wonder Apologies are in order. In my review...

Karen Chalamilla
May 19, 20203 min read


The One About Viola Davis
My first run in with the force that is Viola Davis was in the Academy Award nominated 2011 picture The Help. I was a 13-year-old...

Paula Abu
May 17, 20204 min read


Why We Can’t Stop Scrolling: Netflix’s Inescapable Allure
Like almost every deprived sports fan these days, I’m avidly keeping up with The Last Dance—the Netflix documentary about Michael...

Alexander Kloss
May 16, 20204 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E5 'Lowkey Movin' On'
I promise I wanted to approach this article being able to defend Molly even a little bit. I genuinely had hope that last episode would be...

Paula Abu
May 12, 20204 min read


Master Manipulators & Sadistic Sociopaths:
interrogating the misogyny behind iconic female villains “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster....

Naila Aroni
May 8, 20205 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E4 'Lowkey Losin it'
Gather round. You're most likely wondering why I've brought you all together. We need to discuss the lack of character development in...
Ope Oduwole
May 5, 20204 min read


MASSIVE’s Cinema Shutdown: Blue Story
In the wake of today’s lockdown culture, so many people are coming up with new and inventive ways to connect online. Netflix started the...

Sarah Oladele
May 4, 20204 min read


West Side Story: The Officer Krupke Problem
West Side Story is a musical by Stephen Sondheim where Tony, a former member of the Polish gang The Jets, and Maria, the sister to the...

Maya Williams
May 1, 20203 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E3 'Lowkey Thankful'
We're on episode 3 and this has been the best episode of the season thus far. From the writing, to the perfect music placement,...

Akachi Priscilla Mbakwe
Apr 28, 20203 min read


That’s So Raven: The Representation We Deserved
So I’m writing this with having just watched the final episode, it snuck up on me to tell the truth; one day I was belting the theme tune...

Paula Abu
Apr 27, 20204 min read


Insecure Review: S4 E2 'Lowkey Distant'
Episode 2 was in essence, Molly’s side of the story. Having seen the situation only from Issa’s perspective until this point has...

Sarah Oladele
Apr 21, 20203 min read
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