Rated or Dated: Donnie Darko (2001)
From badly-timed cinema release to sleeper hit to cult favourite, Richard Kelly's debut film spawned careers, revivals and a Christmas number one. But has it stood the test of time (travel)? Learn ...
28 Tammi 31min
Thrills, spills and a strong female lead
Anna Maloney’s fast-paced new thriller The 10:12 is set onboard a hijacked train, and some passengers aren’t just going to sit back and do as they’re told. One in particular, Claire Fitzroy, a late mi...
27 Tammi 24min
Dr Donna Peberdy on Screening Sexual Violence
When Dr Donna Peberdy, associate professor of performance, sex and gender at Southampton Solent University, began to see a lot of representations of violence against women in work made by female filmm...
26 Tammi 26min
A timely reminder from history, with Lisa Zahra and Beth Burrows
Safe Haven, which has just opened at London's Arcola theatre, tells the true story of what happened in spring 2001, when two million Kurds fleeing Saddam Hussein's forces found themselves in the freez...
23 Tammi 28min
The Bush Telegraph: 17 mistakes and some unspeakably good news
If you’ve no idea what’s going on with the US and Greenland, don't worry – neither do we. Nor, apparently, does Donald Trump, so join the club. Elsewhere, we’ve identified a learning opportunity for N...
22 Tammi 35min
Rated or Dated: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Does Robert Rodriguez’s 1996 grindhouse-schlock fest with a screeching plot twist put even more NO into its writer and “star” Quentin Tarantino for Mick, Hannah and Jen? Ooh, it’s a breath bater. Geor...
21 Tammi 31min
In Room 706 with Ellie Levenson
Journalist, author and mother of three, Ellie Levenson used to dream of time away from the pressures of family life, a fantasy shared by many of her female friends. This became the basis for her first...
20 Tammi 24min
Lucia Keskin’s nailing things she should have done
Comedian, actress and writer Lucia Keskin made her name on YouTube as Chi with a C, where she started making content at just 16. Indeed, one of her first videos to go viral was her opening her GCSE re...
19 Tammi 25min
