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Film & TV

Review: Britney vs. Spears (Netflix)

By Pui Kuan Cheah ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿà One of the biggest pop culture moments of the year was that Britney SpearsÔÇÖ 13-year conservatorship seemed like it was finally coming to an end. SpearsÔÇÖ father Jamie Spears has recently asked for ÔÇ£immediate terminationÔÇØ of the conservatorship – an outcome that many fans would think is long overdue. However, the #FreeBritney movement that preceded this has been going on … Continue reading Review: Britney vs. Spears (Netflix)

Pui Kuan Cheah
Fashion

Channel 4’s Inside Missguided: Made in Manchester made memorable viewing. Find out why.

Words by Rachel Citron Channel 4ÔÇÖs insightful documentary Inside Missguided: Made in Manchester engaged audiences with a truly authentic behind-the-scenes look at the world of fast fashion. The fast fashion industry is now colossal and has been instrumental in redefining the industry to meet consumersÔÇÖ desires. Media personalities have become trend setters. When audiences see a fashion item showcased by their favourite celebrity or influencer, … Continue reading Channel 4’s Inside Missguided: Made in Manchester made memorable viewing. Find out why.

Rachel Citron
Fashion

FashionÔÇÖs Dirty Secrets ÔÇô A Stacey Dooley Documentary

Words by Katie May Huxtable There was nothing I used to love more than to trawl around shops in search of the juiciest of bargains. A mission to win the ripest of fruits in our shopping centre fruit bowls. Sale signs would bounce off the glass of my eyes, a red blur of window by window as I waltzed my way through aisles of cheap … Continue reading FashionÔÇÖs Dirty Secrets ÔÇô A Stacey Dooley Documentary

Katie May Huxtable
Film & TV

Review: Revolution: New Art for a New World

Kasimir Malevich’s ‘Suprematism’ (as pictured) represented freedom, an abstraction of worldly forms. Russian Avant-garde artists like Malevich, Kandinsky, Suetin, created a revolution rising up against traditional expression.┬áRevolution: New Art for a New World┬áprovides us with an in-depth explanation of how the rise and fall of this movement was intrinsically linked with socio-political change. Margy Kinmonth’s feature documentary charts Russian art’s movement from realism, to the … Continue reading Review: Revolution: New Art for a New World

Sadia Pineda Hameed
Patrick Shen
Film & TV

Interview: Patrick Shen on ‘In Pursuit of Silence’

Quench film editor Sadia Pineda Hameed spoke to director Patrick Shen about his new documentary┬áIn Pursuit of Silence,┬átheir mutual filmmaking idol Nathaniel Dorsky, and┬átracking down film subjects across California. Read our review of the documentary film┬áhere. Quench:┬á So just to start, could you describe what the documentary [In Pursuit of Silence] is about, and why the subject of pursuing silence interested you in the first … Continue reading Interview: Patrick Shen on ‘In Pursuit of Silence’

Sadia Pineda Hameed
In Pursuit of Silence
Film & TV

Review: In Pursuit of Silence

In Pursuit of Silence is a feature-length documentary from Patrick Shen that┬áaddresses a very necessary topic. It is by no means a piece frustrated at the lack of silence┬áin a modern world full of noise – there is appreciation for the┬áwind rustling through trees, birdsong and even sounds of the city. Rather, it is a┬ámeditation┬áon the ways in which different people seek and experience silence, … Continue reading Review: In Pursuit of Silence

Sadia Pineda Hameed
Film & TV

Review: Hand Gestures with Q+A at Chapter Arts Centre

Il Gesto delle Mani, or Hand Gestures is a masterful documentary film from Franscesco Clerici that focuses on the creation of bronze sculpture. At the historic Fonderia Artistica Battaglia bronze foundry, we follow a Velasco Vitali sculpture through each step of the process. The understated documentary has no background music or voiceovers┬áexplaining the process; it simply watches with the audience in the ambient sounds of … Continue reading Review: Hand Gestures with Q+A at Chapter Arts Centre

Sadia Pineda Hameed
The Wolfpack
Film & TV

Review: The Wolfpack

Never has film meant more about escapism than it has to the wolfpack. Crystal Moselle’s documentary focuses on six of the coolest and most well-dressed boys you’ll ever know. Named after Hindu deities, Mukunda, Naraya, Govinda, Bhagavan, Krisna (Glenn) and Jagadesh (Eddie) are the sons of Peruvian and practiser of Krishna consciousness Oscar who have, along with sister Visnu and mother Susanne, been confined to … Continue reading Review: The Wolfpack

Sadia Pineda Hameed
Amy
Film & TV

Review: Amy

From the toxic influences of Blake Fielder and the drugs he introduced to the intrusion of the hounding media, Amy explores Amy Winehouse’s life forced into the public. Filmmaker Asif Kapadia brings us this documentary film following the success of Bafta award-winning Senna, another posthumous recollection of a life ended too soon. Amy is a poignant piece of filmmaking that makes us sit helpless and … Continue reading Review: Amy

Sadia Pineda Hameed
LGBT+

Stephen Fry: Out There

Sophie Lodge reviews Stephen Fry’s documentary on the status of LGBT+ people around the world, while also reflecting on their lives here in the UK Stephen Fry has always been a prominent speaker in the LGBT+ community; but this year, he explored more than just British homosexuality by creating a two part documentary on the persecution of the gay community around the world, speaking to … Continue reading Stephen Fry: Out There

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