Of all the video game characters produced throughout the past forty or so years, Lara Croft is undoubtedly the one that has made the biggest impact in terms of critical theory and cultural debate.
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London based culture writer from Merseyside.
Top of the Docs #23 – Life 2.0
Life 2.0 takes a look at a game from this era of MMORPGs, one of the most infamously addictive games of all time, Second Life.
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Top of the Docs #22 – Noise (2006)
In 2005, Olivier Assayas was given his opportunity, and what would follow would encapsulate the spirit behind a certain genre of music that had made waves throughout the last three decades.
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Top of the Docs #21 – Citizenfour (2014)
Since the Cold War and maybe even before, we have all been jokingly aware of the fact that our respective governments are, to some extent, watching us.
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Top of the Docs #20 – The Above (2015)
High above Kabul flies a balloon, attached to a tether, however,the role played by this odd fixture of Kabul’s sky is much more sinister than these other everyday objects.
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REVIEW: Shirley (2020) asks “Who’s Afraid of Shirley Jackson?”
Josephine Decker has established herself as one of the most interesting directors working today. With Shirley, she has created a biopic that breaks free from the lazy retelling of an author’s life, instead allowing the work to be reflective of its subject’s work.
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The Beautiful Game On Screen: Ten Football Films to Watch During Lockdown
To celebrate the release of Corneliu Porumboiu’s Infinite Football, we’re looking at the ten best films about the beautiful game. Grinding to a halt due to the current pandemic, now Is the perfect time to dig into football history. Both distant and modern, these ten works exemplify everything we love about football.
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Top of the Docs #17 – Caniba
Sagawa has made a living off of the crime he committed, writing books and manga comics detailing what happened.
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Top of the Docs #14 – ‘Hip Hop Evolution’ and the Documentary Epic Part 2
This week, we are turning to another example of an epic documentary, however one that employs elements of oral history, and an example of a doc that manages to get the most out of talking heads. The doc in question: Hip Hop Evolution.
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Top of the Docs #12 – Yung Lean Please Be My Yung Love
Yung Lean is many things. Rapper, songwriter, producer, he’s a man of many talents. However, in Julia Mellen’s Yung Lean Please Be My Yung Love, he is elevated above all of that. He becomes simply a symbol, an outlet for emotion.
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