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A Rundown of the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival

By: Natalie Quinn 23rd Mar 202323rd Mar 2023

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This March, I had the pleasure of attending the Glasgow Film Festival, my first but certainly not my last excursion of this kind, where I experienced some excellent examples of cinema from across the globe. Upon learning of the festival, I carefully curated an itinerary that allowed me to fit my trips over from Edinburgh…

It’s nighttime out on the streets of the big city. Justin is seen centered in the middle of the still, with a bandage on his right hand, whilst smoking a cigarette. Cigarette in mouth, he is about to soon light up the fireworks he is holding in his left hand by using the lit cigarette. Behind him are the lights of the city shining out of focus, along with his friends standing with their backs against the camera further down the street.

REVIEW: ‘Therapy Dogs’ (2022) Is Unlike Anything Else With Its Compilation of Teenage Aimlessness and No-Brakes Rebellion

Rough around the edges yet wholeheartedly unique, ‘Therapy Dogs’ is a testament to adolescence that toys between the real and fake—ultimately ending up somewhere in the middle.

Every Thought I had During the 95th Oscars Ceremony

By: Tilly Long 13th Mar 202313th Mar 2023

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Despite being a resident night owl, catching the Academy Awards in real time as a Brit has always been a mean feat. Clocking in just before 4 AM this year, and only one can of Coke on hold, I had my work cut out for me. Returning host Jimmy Kimmel was quickly criticised for quipping…

Oscars 2023 Predictions — Rebecca

By: Rebecca Rosén 12th Mar 202312th Mar 2023

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Staff writer Rebecca Rosén goes through her Oscars 2023 predictions, including frontrunners and potential surprises within the categories Best Animated Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature Film, and more.

Oscars 2023 Predictions – McKinzie

By: McKinzie Smith 12th Mar 202312th Mar 2023

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Ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday, some of the Flip Screen staff are sharing their predictions for Hollywood’s biggest night! First up is editor McKinzie Smith, who’s weighed in on some of the major categories when it comes to acting, writing, and more.

REVIEW: ‘Skinamarink’ (2022) Brings Childhood Fears to Life

By: leeshprasad 9th Mar 20239th Mar 2023

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“A nightmarish haze that has some truly terrifying yet gorgeous imagery and sound design” Kyle Edward Ball’s Skinamarink focuses on two children, Kevin (Lucas Paul) and Kaylee (Dali Rose Tetreault), who wake up to find that their parents (Ross Paul and Jaime Hill) are missing and all the windows and doors in the house have…

REVIEW: ‘Emily’ (2022) Captures the Modern Sensibilities of the Victorian Period

By: Nuha Hassan 15th Feb 202319th Feb 2023

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“A sensible portrayal of a modern period drama” Frances O’Connor’s Emily is a biographical film loosely based on the unfairly short-lived life of Emily Brontë, the beloved novelist who wrote Wuthering Heights. A love letter to Brontë’s imaginative life, Emily captures the sensible nature of her emotions and possible struggles with mental health. All of…

A still of Rose (Katie Parker) and Teddy (Rahul Kohli) in 'Next Exit'. They sit in the driver and passenger seat respectively, and both turn around with a concerned expression.

‘Next Exit’ (2022) Is An Existential Journey With One Too Many Detours

By: Hayley Paskevich 13th Feb 202313th Feb 2023

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“Despite toying with the idea of ghosts and the afterlife as physical manifestation in its meandering runtime of almost two hours, the film arguably tends to veer more into the lane of melodrama than horror.”

Character Moraldo from I Vitelloni lying down on a sofa, resting his head on his left arm, looking up towards the ceiling, contemplating. His facial expression is neutral.

An Ageless Portrayal of Time Lost, ‘I Vitelloni’ (1953) Captures Ennui That Feels All Too Familiar

Federico Fellini’s second outing as a solo director follows five men as they dream of different lives whilst drifting lazily through an Italian seaside town. Successfully capturing the equally profound aimlessness and longing within its protagonists, ‘I Vitelloni’ poignantly depicts both characters and places that feel familiar.

Jim Halsey (from The Hitcher) collapsed on his knees out of distress by the side of the road. With a rural landscape of sand, slight greenery and mountains behind him, he looks ahead with some blood on his face and a handgun in his hand, as if just contemplated suicide but decided against it.

In ‘The Hitcher’ (1986), an Act of Kindness Results in a Claustrophobic Highway Nightmare

Derived from an act of kindness, ‘The Hitcher’ is pure chaos unravelling on the American highways as a young man has his life turned into a nightmare by the hitchhiker he was naive enough to pick up.