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By Stephen Holland The Mole Agent is a 2020 documentary directed by Maite Alberdi. It tells the story of an 84-year-old man named Sergio who is hired by a private investigator to go undercover in a nursing home in Chile. What starts as a quirky take on hardboiled detective fiction turns into a profound meditation on isolation and loneliness. The private investigator has … [Read more...] about The Mole Agent review

By Caroline Spencer On her first acting credit Thandiwe Newton’s name was misspelled. It remained that way in every acting role she had for the next three decades. Her Zimbabwean name was anglicised by the film industry, against her will. Women in the film industry face challenges, to say the least. For women of colour the industry is even more brutal. Thandiwe recently … [Read more...] about What’s in a name? Quite a lot

By Caroline Spencer 2021 YouTube was not made with me in mind, and rightly so. According to my cultural advisor and 12-year-old niece, I am “an old”. There’s no stopping it, I never was and never will be down with the kids. I got a searing glimpse into this recently while playing a game of keepy-uppy with advisor/niece (same person!). I asked about the recent David Dobrik’s … [Read more...] about Making currency out of controversy

By Donagh Broderick The following article deals with themes of an adult nature which some readers may find upsetting. Video games are a young medium but have still managed to attract their fair share of controversy. Six Days in Fallujah was first teased back in 2009 and is based around the titular battle during the Iraq war. Backlash at the time saw it thrown into … [Read more...] about Video games: the same moral panic with a new spin

By Niamh Casey Seaspiracy is a documentary film that recently premiered on Netflix and is about the environmental impact fishing has on the world and on our seas. The film, starring and directed by British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi, attracted immediate attention from the international audience, and has left many discussing the topics highlighted. The one-and-a-half-hour … [Read more...] about The whirlpool of attention surrounding Seaspiracy