Category: Features

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    Isobella Ottembrajt

    TikTok… times are changing for politics on social media platforms.

    How does social media impact our relationship with the political sphere? The alternative nature of social media compared to manufactured and regulated broadsheets/tabloids gives it a higher range of motion. It’s accessible yet more polarised online than ever. Despite being considered an alternative media source, it has become mainstream: Ofcom reported that “Social media is […]

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    Thea Hartman

    The Enduring Simplicity of ’80s Teen Movies

    “I want my life to be like an ’80s movie… But no, John Hughes did not direct my life.” Emma Stone utters these words in the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, decades after the heyday of John Hughes had passed. Teen movies have remained a pinnacle of film culture, and to be honest, there have […]

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    Grace Eshel

    Was Barbie THE Film of Summer 2023?

    Grace Eshel explains the hits and misses that made up Barbie 2023…

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    Megan Eynon – Daly

    The Best Vacation Flick?: Teen Beach Movie (2013)

    Megan Eynon-Daly argues why 2013’s Teen Beach Movie is the best film about a holiday.

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    Kye Preston

    ‘Fearless, hopeful, surrendered’: In conversation with Benjamin Francis Leftwich

    A week after the release of his newest project Some Things Break, and with tour looming, I caught up with Benjamin Francis Leftwich to talk all things music.  Benjamin picks up the phone at the end of a morning walk, on his way back from grabbing a coffee. He scrambles to disarm his Alexa before […]

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    Amy Scott-Munden

    ‘Venice Bitch’ by Lana Del Rey turns 5!

    “Nine minutes of ear torture that overstays its welcome in the form of painful instrumentals” – Sam Pegg  Some may see ‘Venice Bitch‘ as a major skip, but from the moment I heard the beginning guitar strums, I knew it was a major slay. This was one of the first of many songs written with […]

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    Philip Hoare

    Arkane’s Deathloop: Dishourned Redesigned and Redefined

    When I first played Dishonored and Dishonored 2 I ensured that I played them entirely non-lethally. I often found that this was sometimes difficult and, having not had any prior experience with stealth games before, whenever I got caught I found myself accepting my fate, I would die so as not to kill them. This […]

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    Amy Scott-Munden

    On Edge: Anticipating Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters

    Amy Scott-Munden gushes over the upcoming release of Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters.

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    Lucy Williams

    The ‘formula’ period drama – bias or baiting?

    Lucy Williams takes a look at the period drama genre and how it tells its stories.

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    Martha Luke

    Collab: Great Films We Love To Hate

    The shock, the relief, the triggering – let’s face it, we all have and love engaging in a controversial opinion. Our writers are no exception and have a list of films guaranteed to relieve those that did not get the hype whilst simultaneously angering film bros everywhere. Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve is a fascinating […]

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    Sam Pegg

    Our Dream Comeback Tours

    Sam Pegg, Morgan McMillan and Jacob Hando Pine for the return of their favourite legendary performers.

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    Morgan McMillan

    “Life Is Beautiful is all about kind of growing into love and growing into relationships”: An Interview with Maggie Cassidy

    Maggie Cassidy sit down and chat with Morgan McMillan about their recent show at The Joiners!

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    Jacob Hando

    My First Trip to the Cinema: Finding Nemo

    Continuing our series about our writer’s first recollection of the cinema, Jacob Hando reminisces about a trip to see Finding Nemo.

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    Katie Evans

    Podcasts To Stream All Year Round

    Edge writers give their picks for podcasts to stream any time.