Recently, the Irish film Song of the Sea came and captured something utterly missing from recent cinema: To tell a film from a children’s perspective without dumbing it down. That’s a massive problem that a lot of companies (cough, Disney, cough) struggle to grasp. They seem to think that children need to be spoon-fed information and throw in a joke that goes over their heads for the adults forced to watch. Only, it’s not necessary. Children films can be eloquently done and appeal to the whole...

There are actress and actors out there who spend their whole lives trying to achieve worldwide cinematic acclaim. They take the extra roles, the supporting parts and do anything to be a success in their field. Many people see Hollywood as end game and despite successes in small countries, people would often negate this when someone of a particular age transcends to the Academy and finds award winning fame. Only they are then told they are “Overnight successes” as if they haven’t been struggled...

LGBT cinema is bigger and better than every year. For the past week, our steps towards equality have been being bounds with marriage rights and Pride all titillating our excitement. LGBT films are getting to that stage where they are no longer a “niche” that people can escape into. They are actually becoming exactly what they should be, cinema. So with this new wave and perception, that trying to escape the grasps of bigotry and prejudice, there is some incredible pieces that look at all the...

LGBT Cinema is finally getting its place in cinema, in the mainstream. After attending events and watching for the past couple of month it is clear that there has been an insurgence of normalising LGBT cinema and running them alongside regular features. Dear lord that seems really nasty on my tongue, using the words normal and regular as though loving someone of the same sex was sordid. Heck, I should know it’s not. What I mean is is that LGBT cinema is fiercely showing to the world that...

There is not much that can be said about Studio Ghibli that hasn't already been uttered in revered hushed tones. Alongside Disney, they are the pinnacle of animation - helping create wildly imaginative action filled pieces that speak to the heart and soul of adult and child a like. The powerhouse evocatively gifts us stellar films that, even when received poorly in comparison to their greats are still a level above over animation films. When they are bad, they are actually great. When they are...