Stepping Into the Unknown
How do young filmmakers feel about stepping into an industry that has such an uncertain future? Beth Lindsay explores in this thoughtful piece.
Sheffield Short Film Festival 2020
This year marked the launch of Sheffield Short Film Festival, founded by Joe Morris and Louise Marie Cooke. Taking place online like many festivals of 2020, our team were able to enjoy a wonderful range of short films and have shared their thoughts on some of their favourites below from the women and non binary film makers in the selection.
An ode to Shiv Roy
Sarah Snook is pretty much impossible to ignore lately. Whether you’re a hardcore Succession fan and you’re freaking out about the staggering amount of Emmy nominations and wins that the show has collected or you recently saw An American Pickle, The Australian actress’ presence in the industry is felt and she’s not going anywhere.
LFF 2020: Kajillionaire triumphantly rides a wave of its own tongue-in-cheek-ness
I like a film that doesn’t take itself seriously, and Kajillionaire triumphantly rides a wave of its own tongue-in-cheek-ness.
LFF 2020: Biopic and psychological surreality interweave in Shirley
The film is transfixing from start to finish, partly for this reason – it situates Shirley inside one of her own tales, throwing her into the middle of her own “thrillingly horrible” story. I loved every minute of it.
Hello November
Can you believe it’s November already?! Halloween is over, the nights are darker, and winter is well and truly settling in. The rush of film festivals is coming to a close and it’s going to be an odd experience not having a stream of Oscar buzz films coming into the cinemas. But the RP team is here to share with you what we are currently up to and what we’re loving this November.
Final Girls Week: Sidney Prescott, Scream
‘Scream’ represents a shift from previous final girls of the 70s and 80s to a ‘final girl’ character that is more complex and empowering.
Final Girls Week: Riley Stone, Black Christmas
The trope of the final girl has survived within horror cinema since the phrase was coined in the early 1990s. This narrative structure, however, is flipped on its head in Sophie Takal’s 2019 reboot of Black Christmas.
Final Girls Week: Suzy Bannion, Suspiria
Suzy Bannion, the unconventional heroine and statuette of virtuosity, first introduced to us in Dario Argento's 1977 chromatic horror classic Suspiria, stands as a poetic allegory to sexuality, power and dance as a vessel for witchcraft.
Final Girls Week: Death Proof
Final girls took over slasher movies in the early 70s creating a sub-genre that has seen them dealing with a multitude of bleeding limbs, chainsaws, car crashes, flying knives, and emotional tragedy through the years.