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Two Women Review
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (286+ words) Two Women Review'culturefly.co.uk Florence (Karine Gonthier-Hyndman) lives in the apartment next door, and has lost her libido thanks to her anti-depressants Both women are lonely, and fed up with lives that feel tedious and claustrophobic But when Florence…...
Caroline Cauchi: The Titanic’s “Unlucky” Daughter and the Story Beyond the Curse
1+ week, 1+ day ago (254+ words) Caroline Cauchi: The Titanic's "Unlucky" Daughter and the Story Beyond the Curse'culturefly.co.uk Everyone thinks they know the story of the Titanic: the "unsinkable" ship, the iceberg, the orchestra playing as the decks tilted towards the Atlantic More than…...
Book Review: And Now, Back To You by B. K. Borison
2+ week, 2+ day ago (424+ words) If you like to read with the seasons, a story set against the backdrop of an unprecedented snowstorm might not exactly scream spring. But you might want to make an exception with B. K. Borison's And Now, Back to You, which is…...
Book Review: Catherine by Essie Fox
3+ week, 1+ day ago (373+ words) It's been a month since Wuthering Heights was released in cinemas and the Cathy/Heathcliff fever is still burning. But if Emerald Fennel's adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel deviated too far from the original story for your taste, you're…...
Cassidy Ellis Salter on using fantasy to explore topics like anger and identity
3+ week, 3+ day ago (381+ words) Cassidy Ellis Salter on using fantasy to explore topics like anger and identity'culturefly.co.uk When I was growing up, I thought I had no right to anger It was an embarrassing emotion, ugly, and something that belonged to men;…...
Megan Davidhizar on the inspiration behind YA thriller Gaslit
4+ week, 1+ day ago (309+ words) When my husband and I moved into our first house, I didn't expect to be welcomed by neighbors with warnings of how they'd narrowly escaped death. In Gaslit, I knew I wanted to play with an unreliable narrator that would…...
No Ordinary Heist - Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review
4+ week, 2+ day ago (221+ words) No Ordinary Heist is based on true events, and perhaps the most remarkable element of the movie is the coda filling in some of the details of the case " to this date, it is still the biggest robbery ever in…...
Rebuilding - Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (331+ words) Rebuilding " Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review'culturefly.co.uk "How are you holding up?, Dusty's (Josh O'Connor) friends keep asking His family ranch has recently burned to the ground in a vast Colorado wildfire, and he's now living in a makeshift motor…...
Rose of Nevada - Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (326+ words) Rose of Nevada " Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review'culturefly.co.uk It's hard to know how to write about Rose of Nevada, written and directed by iconoclastic Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin It's a story that juggles timelines and shifts identities, and holds…...
Shailee Thompson: Sidekick to Soulmate - Reflection on the evolution of female friendships in film
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (143+ words) Now don't get me wrong, your girl loves a nineties/naughties rom-com. I grew up on them, still gravitate to a rewatch when they're suggested on Netflix, but when I consider how these films represent female friendships in comparison to…...