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5 September 2021
Our Picks + Zola
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
More Slasher talk! We go back in time to Series 2 this time to discuss gore, twists, popularity and the show’s knack for realistic edges. We also highlight Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord, available to watch on Netflix.
Our focus this week is Zola, a brash, colourful, ballsy filmic take on a viral Twitter thread by stripper Aziah "Zola" King and the Rolling Stone article based on it "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted".
We discuss the film’s (...) Continue Reading »
Every now and then we highlight a quality short that’s caught our attention. This one’s available to view online and is reviewed by writer Nia Jones.
Floppy Toast with Drippy Butter A short film by Lone Pine Pictures Written by Simon Jefferson and Paul Stainthorpe
A troubled, bullied teen, Chloe (Ellie Bindman) is struggling to cope with the situation at her new school. Finding her way in desperation to a bridge, she encounters a mysterious stranger who could offer her some hope, the (...) Continue Reading »
Animator Tiffany Tong won the Critics’ Choice Award at the last edition of Emerging Filmmakers Night for her short Moth. She tells us a bit more about the film and her background in animation. Moth is available to view online.
There is so much to unpack in the 3 minute run-time of Moth. First of all, can you explain the choice of title?
Moths are attracted to light, drawn to bright lights. It represents Hong Kong residents, seeking the light in the dark, like chasing hope in the dark. (...) Continue Reading »
19 August 2021
Our Picks + Slasher: Solstice
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
This week, we focus mainly on the third season of serial killer anthology Slasher, to mark the release of season 4 on Shudder. We touch on the excesses of social media, lynch mob mentality, accurate socio-economic depictions and plot twists!
Our top picks include Palestine Action - A Year Of Direct Action Against Elbit Systems UK by Real Media, a doc which as its title suggests explores the effective tactics of direct action. It’s free to watch on their website.
As well as 2018 film Trial (...) Continue Reading »
28 July 2021
Our Picks + MLMs and On Becoming A God In Central Florida
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
We’re back! Our latest episode following our month-long break managed to bring together our regular go to topics: MLMs, cults and skincare.
We discuss American series On Becoming a God in Central Florida, starring Kirsten Dunst as a low paid amusement park employee who climbs the rank of a pyramid scheme type marketing company called Fam. We talk about multi-level marketing (MLMs), their legality, their implications for family and society and their history. We briefly mention the series The (...) Continue Reading »
27 July 2021
ARCHIVE SPECIAL! The Remake Film Festival
by judy
To mark our editor Judy’s return to Mydylarama after completing her epic PHD, here’s one of her older cracking reviews and an opportunity to revisit the wonderful concept behind the Remake Film Festival.
As Hollywood’s fiscal calculations ensure it pumps out sequels, prequels and trilogies (etc.), the Remake film festival sets out a different relationship between box office hits and contemporary production. Filmmakers from around the world are invited to reimagine, reinterpret or remake (...) Continue Reading »
17 June 2021
Pick of Sheffield Doc Fest - Ali And His Miracle Sheep
by Anna Dawson-Hart
Maythem Ridha’s short film Ali And His Miracle Sheep won Best Film in the UK Competition of the Sheffield Doc Fest.
I feel it’s very important before you begin to read this review that you know who I am. I am not an academic, nor a seasoned critic, I am a pizza delivery driver from Basingstoke who wrote something on the internet and was subsequently invited to pitch some reviews for Mydylarama during the Sheffdoc festival. No I’m not entirely sure how it happened either but here we all are… (...) Continue Reading »
10 June 2021
Q&A with Zillah Bowes, director of STAYING - EFN AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
by Abla Kandalaft
Zillah Bowes is a Welsh/English writer, director and photographer. She trained at the NFTS and has made films as a director and cinematographer, which have been shown worldwide. She won a John Brabourne Award from the Film and TV Charity in 2020. Her debut SMALL PROTESTS was nominated for a Grierson Award and won the Current Short Cuts Vimeo Award and Best Short Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival. As a cinematographer, her feature films include ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS, which (...) Continue Reading »
In light of Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s participation at this year’s Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, we thought we’d publish this interview we conducted with her in collaboration with the Brasserie du Court at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where her short Pauline Asservie was in competition. A quirky, touching yet highly amusing little film that encapsulated the skills Charline is now deploying fully in her most recent (...) Continue Reading »
This week, we thought we’d highlight this wonderfully engaging zero-budget short by Palestinian director Mo’min Swaitat free to watch on Youtube. Stones In Hand is an experimental docu-fiction based on the director’s experiences and memories of growing up in Jenin City in the West Bank.
It’s an interesting and rough collage of archive footage, uprisings, scenes in London, music, and lengthier recollections based on the cast’s own memories of the homes they left behind, all combined to (...) Continue Reading »
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