Written by Joseph Panayiotou – Student Pages Student Writer In May 2014, following the critical success of Mac DeMarco’s commercial debut, 2, the online music publication, Pitchfork released a short film entitled Pepperoni Playboy. Predominantly self-shot, it depicted the indie songsmith’s tour of China and Australia as well as the Brooklyn-based mastering sessions for his then-upcoming […]
A film made by graduates of the BA Film Production course has scooped an international prize. A Place for Everything won Best Student Film at The Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2017 (CPIFF). The festival shows only the highest quality independent films, so the award is a stamp of recognition for the film, by four […]
Josh Lambie (Student Pages Entertainment Journalist) caught up with Jasmine Hyde to discuss the thrilling upcoming “The Unseen” film: Firstly, how did you first come across the film (The Unseen) and what attracted you to the role? Well, I had worked with Gary (Sinyor, the director) before on a theatre project and he showed me the […]
A film about a son’s experience of his father’s depression has won the student prize at the Cornwall Film Festival Short Film Competition. The film, Bulldoze, uses puppets to explore what it feels like to be leaving home and leaving behind a parent who is suffering with the illness. Student filmmaker, Jake Earwaker, is in his third […]
Film Rating: ★★★ Grief can be a difficult thing to capture accurately on film. Most actors aim for Sean Penn in Mystic River but it can very easily turn into a sobbing, melodramatic B plot from an episode of EastEnders. Thankfully The Unseen captures the feeling perfectly thanks to Jasmine Hyde’s measured performance and some […]
Written by Rohan Angus – Student Pages Student Writer Film Rating: ★★★★ Perhaps the most anticipated films of this year are the upcoming Justice League and the fresh release of Blade Runner 2049, yet for me the biggest prospect of 2017 was Stranger Things 2 due to the major success it had within its first season […]
Written by Emma Judge – Student Pages Entertainment Journalist Music genres were brought to life by a range of fantastic acts courtesy of Wearsiders Presents (21st October ’17). From the audience it was fantastic to see artists genuinely support each other on and off stage. Music ranged from rap, rock, chiptune, beat-box, dance and dubstep, […]
Long gone are the days of going to a record store to check out your favourite band’s new album, or listening to the radio, hoping to hear that new single again. Music streaming services have all but taken over in the past few years, and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere soon. The biggest […]
Written by Edward Jones – Student Pages Sub Editor We’ve all grown up to idolise the university lifestyle – many of us also to dread it at the same time – through movies like American Pie, The Social Network and The Inbetweeners, but how does the cinematic depiction of student life compare to the reality? […]
Written by Aaisha Akhtar & Samuel Edney – Student Writers George R.R Martin famously wrote “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one.” So, here’s a list of 15 must read books to feed your imagination: The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcom X and Alex […]