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.

Lone Wanderer: A Short Film

A short three minute mystery horror film.

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.

How Has Japanese A-Bomb Cinema Progressed Since The Initial Nuclear Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki?

The dissertation explores Japanese A-Bomb cinema, covering realist cinema post-war, kaiju extravaganzas, and anime. This work serves was my final piece for my undergraduate degree. PDF Available.

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...

A Critical Analysis of the Marketing and Reception of The Blair Witch Project and how it offered an alternative to Hollywood Cinema.

The concept of American independent cinema can be hard to define, with scholars such as Geoff King and Janet Staiger providing possible modes of definition through the three points of orientation (King), and three ways of definition (Staiger). King analyses independent cinema in regard to its industrial location, formal/aesthetic strategies, and its relationship to broader...

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...