David Lynch’s Eraserhead and its relationship with Cult Cinema

David Lynch's Eraserhead and its cult status is analysed using theories from academic scholars.

Fallen Wanderer: A Short Film

A short five minute mysterious crime drama horror.

One Minute Media Doc: Money in Football

A brief project for a class, created to demonstrate an interview using photographs in a slideshow format as requested by the lecturer. The photographs, editing, and the interview itself, are all completed by me. A link to the completed project is also provided.

A Critical Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock and the Auteur Theory

In 1948, French film critic Alexandre Astruc wrote an article titled: “The Birth of a New Avant-garde: La Camera-stylo”, whichchallenged the then current model of cinema, after being dissatisfied with the quality of Hollywood film that saturated postwar France. Astruc emphasised the director’s ability to translate their obsessions and creative ideas to reach the great...

Point Blank (1967) Review

Imagine the visuals of Tokyo Drifter but it's an American noir film. Directed by John Boorman, who is famously known for Deliverance, and Exorcist II: The Heretic. Point Blank is a stylish film with a simple story, Walker (Lee Marvin) gets double crossed, stolen from, and left for dead by his wife (Sharon Acker), and...

Cassandro (2023) Review

Considering I only knew this film existed last night at half past eleven, when I was scouring my local cinema to see what was on, I was pleasantly surprised. While Cassandro may be a love letter to the lucha libre, its focus is portraying the LGBT subculture the sport has, with the main character being...

Cruel Story of Youth (1960) Review

In typical Oshima fashion, Cruel Story of Youth is a weird film. It's about a toxic relationship between two teenagers, a wannabe yakuza member (Kiyoshi), and a somewhat dim-witted girl (Makoto). The relationship starts in the worst way after Kiyoshi saves her from being molested by a taxi driver. On their first date they visit...

Mission Impossible II (2000) Review

Mission Impossible II moves away from the suspenseful action of the previous film and is essentially a romantic drama with high thrills as a supplement. Saying that, it is really boring. Tom Cruise is alright, Ethan is nowhere near as enjoyable to watch as previously, instead his actions are driven by his horniness, falling in...

Asteroid City (2023) Review

I realise this review is more rambly than my previous work, but this film disappointed me so much that I had to jot it down in some way. Asteroid City may as well qualify as a parody of a Wes Anderson film, I have no idea how he managed to create a film that is...

Rambo: Last Blood (2019) Review

After first viewing the film I thought it was decent, but the more I thought about it, the more I realise it is kind of stupid. The biggest red flag should be the opening sequence, and how it doesn't connect with the rest of the film in any way and could have easily been cut...