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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! (…) 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 (…) 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 (…) 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 (…) 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. (…) Continue Reading »
7 June 2021
Interview with Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierIn 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 (…) Continue Reading »
7 June 2021
Short of the Week: Stones in Hand by Mo’min Swaitat
by Alexandra OlleyThis 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 (…) Continue Reading »
3 June 2021
Our Picks + Bubblegum Noir & Promising Young Woman
by Abla Kandalaft, Anna Smith, Coco Green
*We’re skipping ep 23 given the relevance of ep 24 to this month’s releases - normal service will resume in 2 weeks!*
This week, our guest is Anna Smith, leading film critic and broadcaster and host of the popular podcast Girls On Film. Our (…) Continue Reading »
24 May 2021
Our Picks + We Work: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
This week, we discuss the documentary charting the rise and fall of co-working space/real estate scam We Work and its eccentric co-founder Adam Neumann. We cover the ethics of co-working spaces and their implications and the cultish elements of (…) Continue Reading »
7 May 2021
I Am An Island, dir. by Damian Draven
by Abla KandalaftJohnny drives home late one evening to spend time with his wife. He runs her a bath and goes to the kitchen to pour them both a glass of wine. We hear the disembodied voice of the wife shouting from the bathroom about a call from a producer whilst Johnny’s mobile is being constantly called by a woman driving and begging to speak to him. Thus begins the film’s opening sequence before things (…) Continue Reading »