BFI Flare 2025
'The Wedding Banquet': an unlikely pair
Umnia dissects the 90's remake, and how it isn't just the couples that may at times be mismatched within it.
Film
Film Reviews from a spectrum of opinions and perspectives
Film
Materialists: The Tides have Turned
Ma'am, he's literally Rich!Pedro Pascal.
BFI Flare 2025
The Astronaut Lovers, and the Lost Interview with Marco Berger
A magical Rom-Com, and (thanks to technical difficulties) an interview you will simply have to take my word for...
The Case
The case for Gen Z’s Sex Scene Repulsion
There are methods to our madness.
Film
Flow
A masterful dialogue-less story on par with the most devastating Pixar fare you can imagine.
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BFI Flare Dream Team: Most Anticip-...
...ated! (Because we think these films will EAT!)
Film
8 Films we think will dominate 2025
Come get your bets in early for bragging rights in December!
Film
🇬🇧🇨🇴Emilia Pérez: A BRILLIANT… Caricature of Mexico
From the start, Emilia Pérez presents itself as a progressive film, but it relies heavily on stereotypes rather than offering an authentic representation of Mexico.
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Preview: BFI Flare 2025
Our top picks coming to one of the coolest festivals on the calendar...
Film
The Monkey
Where Final Destination meets The Babadook, and everybody dies…
Reviews
🇬🇧🇪🇸Nosferatu: The Mysterious Horrors of Abuse
When watching the average vampire film, it seems impossible to escape society’s morbid fascination with these blood sucking creatures. We tend to sexualize what should be a horrific act, and to aid us, we present these vampires as conventionally attractive seducers to ease our minds. However, “Nosferatu” (2024) seems
Opinion
Oh…!: UMNIA’s Academy Awards 2025 Post-Mortem
This is an opinion piece, I promise. So, I slept through the Oscars last night. This was mostly apathy, and the fact that I didn’t want to witness an Emilia Pérez sweep live and in glorious technicolor. The universe seems to have taken mercy on me and given it