Time. It’s our human instinct to fear it, to be cautious of it, to fight it. Our entire existences are dominated by time and influenced by change, so it’s not surprising that these themes show up repeatedly in cinema. Lars Von Tier’s Melancholia follows Justine (Kirsten Dunst), as she attempts to cope with her severe…
Arts
Review: La Traviata at the Norwich Theatre Royal
Don’t be scared. Yes, the title says ‘Opera’ with some Italian name, but no, that does not mean it’s too high culture for you. In fact, Glyndebourne’s production of La Traviata at the Norwich Theatre Royal is about as accessible as they come. Romance. Breakups. Affairs. Deathly illnesses. Parties. Sounds about right for a melodramatic…
Arts
Venue goes backstage: Macbeth at the Norwich Theatre Royal
Last spring one of the UK’s most reputable theatre institutions, the National Theatre, staged a new production of Macbeth, Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy. Directed by the theatre’s Artistic Director Rufus Norris, the production had a sold-out run in London and is now on a national tour, stopping at Norwich’s Theatre Royal from 30th October to 3rd…
Arts
Review: Macbeth at the Norwich Theatre Royal
‘Now, after a civil war’; The provocative setting for Rufus Norris’s controversial adaptation of Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, Macbeth. Set in a 2020s dystopian Scotland, this touring National Theatre production relies heavily on the spectacle of its disjointed design and political undertones, causing this seemingly exciting and interesting production to become a bad mixture of unclear…
News
Enterprise Centre continues commitment to sustainability
The Enterprise Centre offers a vast array of opportunities and support to UEA students, as well as to the wider community of Norwich. For example, the Enterprise Centre provides numerous opportunities, such as business advice, financial support, networking events, tenant spaces and learning enhancement programmes for local entrepreneurs and former UEA graduates. Whether you’re an…
Film
American (M)animals, Fight Club and how toxic masculinity has morphed
On September 9th, famed ornithologist Hubert Strorman left Portsmouth’s No6 Cinema in a right huff and started ranting in the street. The rant was so vitriolic, loud and sexist that The Portsmouth View actually reported on it. The film was American Animals, a true story of a group of college kids who attempt to steal…
Film
Is a most popular film category good for the Oscars?
And the Oscar goes to… The Avengers? The Oscars have had their fair share of controversies in recent years: first, they were accused of being ‘so white,’ next they were accused of being sexist, then they were (and still are) knowingly glorifying sexual abusers. Now they have ruined their integrity once again in order to…
TV
Patrick Melrose and the trauma of the aristocracy
Downton Abbey, The Crown, countless World War II dramas — British television loves to romanticise the aristocracy. The lives of the rich, upper elite have unquestionably been glamourised and idealised over and over again on our screens, perpetuating the social institutions that continue to plague English society across the globe. Television, in my opinion,…
Film
A Feminist Day Out at the BFI | Woman with a Movie Camera Summit 2018
Waving my feminist flag, I stepped through the BFI Southbank’s doors to a glorious sea of intelligent, creative and beautiful women, all with the same vision in mind: to spend the day encouraging, empowering and supporting women in the film and media industry. On Saturday 16 June, the BFI hosted the ‘Woman with a Movie…
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