ON THE SCREENING + OUR HOPES Having completed our makeshift zoom exhibition, I feel it was a lovely ending, and goodbye to this studio! In terms of our group’s manifesto, the main idea I hope audiences were able to resonate with is the unnecessary nature of opposition. Although the idea of simply enjoying what you want to enjoy is familiar […]

Link to final Group Manifesto Individual reflection

THE GROUP WORK This project has been a really interesting experience, and unlike other group work I’ve completed before. I think working in a team for this assignment was great, in terms of both our general dynamic and workflow. For me, one of the most interesting parts of working as a collective was just being able to discuss in length […]

In 2020, we must champion the narratives, films and creations of marginalised people – with even more vigour than that which has been afforded to straight white men for the course of cinema history. It is time to get rid of the canon’s waiting game. No more reluctance around declaring the greatness of new films. Shout that they are masterpieces […]

Diving deeper into the canon has thus far been an interesting journey. In the past five weeks, I feel as though I’ve been able to better understand justifications for the canon, or more aptly, the inevitability of there being one – in film and other art forms. Paul Schrader’s article was definitely insightful in contextualising such arguments for the canon, […]

PART ONE: MY TOP 5   Heya! Here are my five ‘greatest’ films of all time. Not entirely ranked because I am painfully indecisive.   PART TWO: WEEK 1&2 REFLECTION The first two weeks of Canon Fodder have been undoubtedly interesting. In complete honesty, I was slightly intimidated by this class as I’m not that familiar with the usual canon […]