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The trailer for Brand New Day (2026), the fourth Spider-Man movie in the MCU, was released last week, promising the most poignant movie in the quartet. Following the end of No Way Home (2021), Peter Parker is all alone as he tackles not only a new mysterious enemy but also...
Autumn Durald Arkapaw has won the Oscar for best cinematography at the 98th Academy Awards, for her work on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, becoming the first woman to have received the honour. She is also the first person of African-American descent (Arkapaw is part Filipino and African American Creole) to have...
Ryan Gosling’s latest film Project Hail Mary is set to release this week, to much anticipation from fans and critics alike. So, as viewers flock to the cinemas to see his latest endeavour, it is time we explore: what is it about Gosling that is so appealing? His popularity is...
The release of Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, has received high acclaim, not only for its lead performance but also for Stewart’s uncompromising and deeply visceral adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir. The decision to enter directorship from acting is often borne from working on set for years and...
Culture
The Last Days of Trump (A Liberal Fantasy), created and directed by Eoin Carney, feels like an extended, all too realistic SNL skit, whose viewing experience (at least for me) oscillated between laughter and despair. Set in the future during Trump’s final days in office in 2028, the show follows...
The feeling of existential bliss and dread all tied up into one is familiar to any Pink Floyd fan. Listening to arguably their most famous album, Dark Side of the Moon (1973) in any setting, one is filled with an uncomfortable sense of awe as they are confronted with fundamental questions of time and existence. Experiencing this in surround sound and set to surreal visuals in Dynamic Earth’s planetarium amplify...
As writer and performer Farah Ashraf struts onto the stage, pink dildo in hand, and mimes a series of sex acts, she takes ownership of the space in a truly captivating manner. Pink Rabbit is a coming of age story which explores the addicting nature of validation, and how this...
They’re Just Small Town (Northern) Lads is your classic Summerhall sellout. A big theme, and an established performer: this is exactly what this production is about. But thematically, is it too much? Masculinity (among a host of other concepts) is this play’s chief concern. And this theme is not one which theatre...
Lifestyle
With the advent of sporting events clouding the media this summer, sport is playing a much more dominant role in our everyday lives, and the world of fashion has noticed. With FIFA World Cup flags in pubs, and the current idolisation of toned muscle, sport is truly everywhere. I want...
Following a long day of lectures, the last thing the hangry student wants is to limbo under outstretched arms reaching for milk and eggs, or weave through the everlasting queue which snakes down the aisles of Nicolson Street’s Lidl. One would think, given the crowds in Lidl at 5pm, that...
One of the highest forms of praise that can be given to a creative is a legacy of individuality. That’s one of the many things the revolutionary British artist David Hockney is being remembered for after his passing at the start of June. Hockney was most well known for his...
Swimming 25km in the name of mental health: Edwin Ivanescu knows what it means to go the distance. Mental health is a more prominent issue today than it has ever been: more than half of students surveyed in a 2022 study reported issues with their mental health. Yet, one side...
