In a State of Exile: ‘The Last of England’ in 1987 By Edwin Miles on August 11, 2022 “If ‘The Angelic Conversation’ portrays a time where loving affection could be found amongst the rubble of industrialization, then ‘The Last of England’ shows how affection, love and hope are lost qualities of a paradisal past.”
No Future for You: The Cinematic Image of 70s Britain By D.M. Palmer on December 3, 2021 “The 70s were a tumultuous and often bleak decade for the British film industry, and this pessimism bled into its output.”
The Past Dreamed the Future Present: Derek Jarman’s ‘Jubilee’ By Edwin Miles on August 6, 2020 “Jarman’s mix of time, history, memory, fantasy and dreams in ‘Jubilee’ is ultimately a hopeful warning for the future.”
Love Me or Kill Me: Sex, Death and Desire in Yann Gonzalez’s ‘Knife + Heart’ By Sam Moore on December 11, 2018 “Sex and death may be inseparable, but, to the commune of queers and pornographers of ‘Knife + Heart,’ so are sex and life.”