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Opinion   -   Dec 19, 2024 ‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)
‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)

When a film was well received this year, it was usually because it was channelling the anger and frustrations of those who have been left behind. This wasn’t your usual raft of ‘Diversity Hires’ or “The value of Diverse Storytelling”-ass movies. These films were specific, working things out

by Umnia El-Neil
May 24, 2024 ‘Hit Man’, and the new Low-Mid Budget Era
‘Hit Man’, and the new Low-Mid Budget Era

There is something so fulfilling about being right, and there, and on it, and around, and paying attention. I have been a fan of Linklater’s for a while now, and especially his approach to filmmaking resonates with me deeply. There is, simultaneously, a seriousness and irreverence that means he

by Umnia El-Neil
May 17, 2024 The Met Gala “Digitine”: or, when Fashion falls short.
The Met Gala “Digitine”: or, when Fashion falls short.

Preceding and then following the Met Gala this year, the justified fear of yet another glitzy culturally iconic event being used as cover for ramped up genocidal efforts by the Israeli Military soured the entire thing. Protestors were ‘successfully’ corralled away from the actual streets of the Gala, and the

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Apr 05, 2024 All Of Us, Strangers.
All Of Us, Strangers.

If I admit I was delirious, walking into that Picturehouse that day, then I must concede also that it was a very, very weird day for me - the first of a week of them, all of my own doing. That morning, I had read something that I knew was

by Umnia El-Neil
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