10 films which will make you sweat streams and bring you back to summer

Most of us are back on track, work has begun and we're already missing the heat of the sun on our skin. The routine scares us, and all we're asking is for some ways to go back to this particular time of the year during which time seemed endless and pleasure unlimited. The power of …

‘Icônes’ exhibition in Paris: The Nouvelle Vague in 4 lessons through the use of photographs.

Behind a film, there's more than just a story, more than a director and its actors. There is a spirit that defines it. Something that gives it that 'special thing' that will make us remember it. It can be a music, a quirky style, a play with colours... in short, a use of another art …

Paris celebrates the memory of a man who revolutionised the world of Fashion: Musée Yves Saint-Laurent.

Fashion is something that follows us every day in shops and streets but is also a way of describing our personality; it reflects the person that we want to be in the society and unconsciously determines our personality. But fashion has evolved through years and its diversity of styles enables us to be whoever we …

Amy’s soul comes alive again in Brussels

On the 23rd of July, we'll be celebrating the 7th anniversary of a musical pillar of a generation: Amy Winehouse. She was recognised for her outstanding image due to her daring style and attitude as a celebrity. However, behind this figure, Amy was a woman full of antagonisms that lead her to a tragic destiny …

A Film at First Sight- Bande à part

Cinema is the art of portraying social issues, fantasies, and human vices- for us, viewers to see ourselves in these characters. Cinema shapes unconsciously our way of being, acting, dancing, eating but most of all, in my opinion, speaking. Our style is inspired by what we see on screen- we are submissive to the cinematic culture in …

Spend an afternoon at the Ritz (and for free!)

The Ritz Hotel is the emblem of the 'luxe à la française', the French's luxury. It has been the point of reference for the biggest names of the world from Hemingway to Madonna and the background for many films such as Love in the afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957) with Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper. The hotel was …

What The Simpsons can teach us about the influence of television on the shaping of our society. (essay form)

The opening of The Simpsons has become an emblem of the American TV shows. Starting in 1989, it was watched by generations until nowadays. Its theme song is one of television’s most recognizable. Its specific parody genre throughout the series is enhanced by the use of animation which fades the harsh reality of the society’s …

To Be a Machine or how to solve the modest problem of death

To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death, an essential book about our future, by Mark O'Connell   Black Mirror ended its fourth season with an episode called Metalhead in which robodogs turned on humans; revealing the quest for survival in a society in which …

When public places become support for arts: Out in the cold

The main issue concerning arts nowadays is its difficulty of access. Arts in general have become something for which you need the financial needs to have access to. It creates inequality when it should bring people and culture together. Out in the cold is a project created by a fourth-year Warwick student: Ollie Noble. He …

Going into the Missouri’s darkest secrets to denounce the Trumpian America

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri  Coming out of the screening, I was all turned upside down. My emotions have been stimulated and manipulated during that two-hour film and I needed to find how to think by myself again. Indeed, Martin McDonagh plays with dark humour, tragedy and uses some western tools to portray the Trumpian America …