Four Horsemen (Dir. Ross Ashcroft / Out Now)
Voltaire: “All Paper money goes back to what it is… nothing.” Four Horsemen is clearly a testimony of a newly formed political, economic and social climate in the United States, and can be resumed by a quote from one of [...]
Tyrannosuar (Dir. Paddy Considine / Out on DVD Now)
With his new film Tyrannosaur, director Paddy Considine has joined the ranks of British realist powerhouses Ken Loach, Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson, and Terence Davies. Davies, in particular, seems to have lent an incredible amount of inspiration to the film, [...]
Delicacy (Dir. David & Stephane Fonekinos / In Cinemas April 13th)
Delicacy is a fairly original, very French take on the normally much overdone Rom-Com. Starring Audrey Tautou in a role that is at once familiar and pushing her “quirky” introverted fail-safe role, it investigates love, loss, grief and romance. Predictable [...]
Carnage (Dir. Roman Polanski / Out Now)
“I believe in the god incarnate, the god of carnage.” So says Christoph Waltz in his role as a yuppie pharmaceutical executive Brooklyn-based father whose adolescent son has gotten into a scuffle with another Brooklyn couple’s (John C. Reilly and [...]
Safe House (Dir. Daniel Espinosa / Feb. 17th)
No one is safe. Well, that’s certainly the case if you mess with Denzel Washington in Safe House, an action-thriller which stars Washington as Tobin Frost – a former CIA agent gone rogue. Tobin Frost is hardly the toughest sounding [...]
Chemical Brothers – Don’t Think
Don’t Think is an attempt from Adam Smith to capture the unique collision of the audio and visual elements that combine to form a Chemical Brothers Show. It was filmed with over 20 cameras and is all done at [...]
The Artist (Dir. Michel Hazanvicius)
The Artist could have been considered as being before anything, an attempt. It’s an attempt to re create a link with a past form of film, rehabilitate it, and who knows, maybe even re invent it… Through the very first [...]
Lotus Eaters (Dir. Alexandra McGuinness)
This is a touchy subject. It’s not as though people care if young rich people who were denied nothing, and subsequently have absolutely no moral compass are portrayed fairly; it’s rather that it’s just so easy not to care at [...]
Hugo (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
Here’s a curious film: with this month’s Hugo, Martin Scorsese has been given $150 million to build a fantasy-replica of the Gare Montparnasse at our very own Shepperton Studios, all in service of a narrative concerning an orphan boy’s rediscovery [...]
My Week With Marilyn (Dir. Simon Curtis)
All cinema and music stars play the role of Marilyn Monroe sooner or later, consciously or not. The last one who was asked to do so has been Michelle Williams in the just-released My Week with Marilyn, directed by Simon [...]
Les Enfants Du Paradis (Dir. Marcel Carne)
Marcel Carné’s Les Enfants du Paradis has long been regarded as a masterpiece of French cinema; the BFI’s recent restoration reminds us that Les Enfants is not only a French classic, but one of cinema’s greatest romances. The effect of [...]
Chemical Brothers – Don’t Think
Don’t Think is an attempt from Adam Smith to capture the unique collision of the audio and visual elements that combine to form a Chemical Brothers Show. It was filmed with over 20 cameras and is all done at [...]
My Week in TV: Homeland and Upstairs Downstairs
Homeland I don’t know about you, but the very mention of ‘sleeper cells, or ‘covert operations’ on a programme gets me whatever the TV equivalent of aroused is. This was of course Channel 4′s brilliant US import, Homeland starring Damien [...]
Repo Man (Dir. Alex Cox / Out Now on Blu-Ray)
Repo Man’s recent Blu-Ray release may be in a slightly less auspicious year than its original 1984 release, but Alex Cox’s cult classic has lost none of its luster. It’s a film that is probably most concisely categorized as: a [...]
London Loves Issue 10
I’m sat editing London Loves in a bedroom that smells of urine. And no, I’m not visiting my great grandmother in a NHS care home. In fact, I’m sat in my own bedroom minutes away from my University campus after [...]
Video: LSE water balloon attack results in clashes
Amateur footage obtained by London Student captures some of the attack on the LSESU Palestine Society, which was holding a peaceful demonstration at the time. You can read the story in full here.
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Ross Speer
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Ross Speer. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.