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By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and Television Student

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and TelevisionI just want to start off by saying that this otherwise deeply stressful film has one of the funniest lines of dialogue I’ve heard all year. “I want to know where I stand,” “You’re sitting in a chair”. Definitely let out the loudest …

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and Television Student

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and TelevisionAs we attempt to carry on upholding the spirit of Women’s History Month throughout the year, here are three memoirs that chronicle the perseverance, compassion, and strength of three incredible women.When The Dust Settles by Lucy EasthopeLucy Easthope found her calling after the …

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and Television Student

"I’m off balance, not sure what’s wrong. —You have misplaced joy, he said without hesitation. Without joy, we are as dead. —How do I find it again? —Find those who have it and bathe in their perfection.”– M Train – Patti SmithPerfect Days is a portrait of the ‘ordinary’. It …

"I’m off balance, not sure what’s wrong. —You have misplaced joy, he said without hesitation. Without joy, we are as dead. —How do I find it again? —Find those who have it and bathe in their perfection.”– M Train – Patti SmithPerfect Days is a portrait of the ‘ordinary’. It …

University is time-consuming. Keeping up with seminars, readings, essays, and lectures whilst attempting to eat some food and maybe shower every day is a more impressive balancing act than tight-roping above New York City.

Rishi Sunak is a tough Prime Minister. At least, that’s how he’d like to come across. He’s tough on migration, tough on crime, and now, tough on education. In July, the PM announced that he and his government planned to crack down on ‘rip-off’ degrees, imposing caps on how many …

As a result of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, having a job while at university has become increasingly common. Given the stagnation of maintenance loans — which have failed to keep pace with rising rent prices — and soaring inflation, it comes as no …

As a result of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, having a job while at university has become increasingly common. Given the stagnation of maintenance loans — which have failed to keep pace with rising rent prices — and soaring inflation, it comes as no …

Earlier this year, over 40 Bristol students geared up to strut and fret upon the stage before crowds of strangers as part of the annual Edinburgh Fringe theatre festival. One of the productions representing Bristol University was the show Gaze written and directed by Lilly Camyab, which was quoted by …

Recently, I got a little drunk and a little philosophical with a friend of mine and we started talking about what it was that attracted us to the arts. As two students of English literature, we both agreed unquestioningly on our gut feeling that art was important but found we …

In the midst of big budget blockbusters flying into cinemas and streaming platforms left, right and centre - it was a comforting experience to sit and watch the heart warming, surprisingly nostalgic (and a tad cringey at times) coming of age comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat …

From the release of their first album way back in 1979 to their compilation album of 2022, The Undertones’ music has always been the sound of carefree adolescent recklessness. Their rough-hewn but upbeat track ‘Teenage Kicks’ has long been a favourite with love-struck teens and indie bildungsroman movies alike. I …

Barbie and Oppenheimer, known collectively as ‘Barbenheimer’, were both released on 21st July. They have had a huge impact on the film business as well as the public – one that is unlike anything experienced over the last few years. They are two strikingly different blockbusters going head to head …

The 2023 'graduating' cohort feels, above all, dehumanised. Our career prospects, financial security and certainty of our futures have been disregarded in the name of profit. It is a disheartening, but enlightening, reality that we are being sacrificed on the altar of greed.

Evelyn Heis, Editor of the Film & TV section of Epigram, joins hosts Freya Shaw, Oscar Hunter and Marine Saint in this week's segment of Epicast: Epigram's Podcast, to talk about all things film and tv just in time for The Oscars.

The Croft Magazine // Most Bristol students know of Windermere or have holidayed there, but may be shocked to know that the lake has becoming toxic over the years. With the help of Emily from SciTech and interludes of Wordsworth's poetry, Isobel travels from North-West to South-West to bear the …

In a city the world has immortalised, what are the lasting impressions of a local? Madison recalls her time in Paris, and the beauty of the everyday that she found there.

If you asked one of Girli’s fans to describe her image in one word, it would almost certainly be “pink”. The colour is central to the artist’s branding, and rightfully so, as it communicates much about both her music and her persona as an artist: bright, brash, and unapologetically hyper-feminine. …

The Croft Magazine// Yotam Ottolenghi is one of those chefs that just never fails to disappoint with his recipes. His cookbook is truly the epitome of the idea that taking that extra care and effort when cooking a meal always yields you the most fantastic results. As someone with Mediterranean …

At the first event of Epigram and the Croft’s ‘Women in Media’ careers week, Deputy Editor Marine Saint and Creative Director Freya Shaw sat down with a diverse panel of inspiring women from the media sector. In what promised to be the first insightful discussion of many, a lecture theatre …

For this Plate X Playlist, Evelyn provides two cozy and warm recipes (Sopa Casera and Lentejas) that reminds her of home and Oscar curates an extra long playlist which perfectly encapsulates the pathetic fallacy of the ever so cumbersome British weather.

By Nicole Quy, The Croft Co-Editor in Chief The Croft Magazine// I’m a huge fan of Easter food, notwithstanding that it coincides with the emergence (finally) of the sun and warmer weather. Easter baking, especially, is often characterised by sweetness, both in the sense of taste and the tweeness that …

By Izzy Lepone, Third Year EnglishDr Emma Parker attained her undergraduate degree at Queen Mary University of London, before completing her MA at the University of Oxford, and her PhD at the University of Leeds. Emma went on to work at the University of Oxford and the University of Keele, …

In Brandon Cronenberg’s latest cinematic release Infinity Pool (2023), sci-fi body horror and a Victorian-esque fear of the foreign combine to create a psychologically unnerving story of extreme exploitation. When the central protagonist, unsuccessful novelist James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård), arrives looking for inspiration at an exclusive seaside resort in the …

By Nicole Quy, The Croft Co-Editor in Chief The Croft Magazine// Being an optimistic person is generally a great thing. To be able to have a positive impact on others by sharing this optimism can even feel like a privilege. But what happens when we begin to centre too much …

Growing up as a young girl, the women we see on our screens in films and TV shows are more influential to us growing up than we ever give credit. Especially with the prominence of the #MeToo movement, speaking out against sexism in the film and TV industry has become …