The student newspaper of Imperial College London
The student newspaper of Imperial College London
Keep the Cat Free
Section Editor: Oliver Weir
The film section covers new film releases, classic film recommendations and industry trends
Film Editor Oliver Weir reviews one of the most highly-anticipated films of the year: David Fincher's 'Mank'. 'Mank' is a dramatised account of the Citizen Kane creation story and the inherent fight for credit that ensued between Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. 'Mank' is streaming on Netflix now.
To go alongside David Fincher's new feature 'Mank', Film Editor Oliver Weir recommends that you revisit what many consider to be the greatest film of all time: 'Citizen Kane'.
Film contributor Eva Borras reviews the new Ron Howard film about a boy struggling to escape a life of poverty in the US
Film contributor Eva Borras reports favourably on Stephen Soderbergh's film, Contagion
Film editor Oliver Weir gives you the best double bills for your next pandemic movie night. [Posters merged by Elizabeth Ferial]
Film editor Oliver Weir discusses the 1988 film - "A Short Film about Love" by Krzysztof Kieślowski, the the sixth instalment in the famous Decalogue series calling it a a virtuosic demonstration of filmmaking
Film Editor Oliver Weir discusses the modern classic 'The Act of Killing' about the perpetrators of the 1965/66 Indonesian massacres which took the lives of over 1,000,000 communists, farmers, union members, intellectuals, and ethnic Chinese. Director Joshua Oppenheimer asks the perpetrators to recreate the heinous acts that they committed in an attempt to unearth their motivations. They are more than happy to do this and see it as an opportunity to commit to film a history they are proud of.
Film editor Oliver Weir brings you David Fincher's greatest hits
Film editor Oliver Weir discusses Breathless (or A bout du souffle), the 1960 French classic film, as it celebrates its 60th anniversary
Film Editor Oliver Weir discusses whether the long-awaited return of Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat has been worth it, and whether this Amazon Prime original will impact the outcome of voting on November 3rd
Film editor Oliver Weir looks back on the classic film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring about a monk's apprentice who lives on a pond in rural Korea
Film editor Oliver Weir shows you how to see a great film, completely free. This week he watched L.A. Confidential, the gritty character study of three LAPD police officers
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Film Editor Oliver Weir reviews Nick Rowland's debut feature film 'Calm With Horses' which is streaming on Netflix now
Why should we bother with surreal film? Film editor Oliver Weir argues the case for this often misunderstood subgenre by way of the first Lynchian masterpiece: Eraserhead
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