Film
Meet the DIY girl gang taking downhill skating to new heights
With the release of a new film about their quest to shred the Pontiac Mountains, we spoke with world-ranking skateboarder Jenny Schauerte about the fearless group of thrill-seekers who call themselves the Woolf Women.
Written by: Zoya Raza-Sheikh
Fatal Attraction's 'bunny boiler' was never the villain
The reboot of Adrian Lyne’s 1987 blockbuster is pop culture’s latest attempt at reframing the ‘crazy woman’ narrative, but does it play into the same toxic tropes?
Written by: Anna Bogutskaya
The artist who predicted social media in the '70s
A new documentary from Amanda Kim explores the life and work of Nam June Paik, the 'father of video art’ whose ideas about global connectivity and mass media are relevant now more than ever.
Written by: Zoe Whitfield
The film exposing decades of police brutality
We talk to filmmaker Sierra Pettengill about her new documentary 'Riotsville, U.S.A', which explores the 1967 summer of uprisings, the devastating aftermath, and the decisions that set the country on the path it’s on today.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Inside the world of football’s unsung heroes: the referees
To mark the release of a new documentary following a diverse group of grassroots match officials in the UK, we spoke to two of its featured voices: aspirational family man Nigel Owen, and Lucy Clark, the world’s first openly trans referee and founder of all-trans football club TRUK United.
Written by: Jake Hall
Queer people grow old, too
From social clubs and custom painted vans to bathhouses and retirement communities, more and more filmmakers and photographers are showing what life actually looks like for LGBTQ+ elders.
Written by: Jake Hall
Why struggling dads are dominating awards season
From Charlotte Wells' 'Aftersun' to Florian Zeller's 'The Son', a new wave of films are using fatherhood to bring men's mental health into focus.
Written by: Miriam Balanescu
The film exposing surfing’s toxic supply chain
Made by two surfers from the north-east of England, 'The Big Sea' exposes the unlikely link between wetsuits and a small town in Louisiana where the risk of cancer is 50 times the national average for the United States.
Written by: Sam Haddad
How Nan Goldin took on the Sacklers and changed history
Filmmaker Laura Poitras discusses her new documentary which traces the remarkable life of the artist-activist and the impact of her battle against the US opioid crisis.
Written by: Shelley Jones
A visual exploration of female neurosis in horror films
Through stills, anecdotes and film criticism, a new book examines the portrayal of women’s destructive emotions, reframing it as a challenge to patriarchal structures.
Written by: Miss Rosen