Chloe Walker

1 week ago | bfi.org.uk | Chloe Walker |Stephen Dalton |David Parkinson |Philip Concannon

Audie Murphy had a rough childhood, to put it mildly. He was one of 12 children of poor Texan sharecroppers, but his father left the family when Murphy was in his early teens, and his mother died soon after. Murphy had to hunt small game so his siblings would have enough food to eat. Thanks in part to his deprived upbringing, he cut such a slight figure that he was initially rejected by several branches of the military when he tried to join.

2 weeks ago | podcastreview.org | Chloe Walker

These days, fraud is almost as popular a crime as murder — at least when it comes to the media we consume. Our fascination with people who aren’t who they say they are seems endless, and as a result, the scam podcast genre has become saturated. For something to stand out, it needs one hell of a hook. Deep Cover, “a show about people who live double lives,” has made its home on this well-trodden ground.

2 weeks ago | culturefly.co.uk | Chloe Walker

In April 2024, students at New York City’s Columbia University erected encampments on campus, aimed at protesting their institution’s financial entanglement with Israel, then six months into a war with Palestine now widely considered a genocide. Although the encampments were peaceful, and actually included a lot of Pro-Palestinian Jewish students, the ire of the University, and soon the Federal government, was swiftly bought down upon them.

4 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Andrew Osmond |Ros Cranston |Ivie Uzebu |Chloe Walker

This March, there was rejoicing among animation fans and practitioners at an Oscar upset. The animated film Flow, directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, won the Academy Award for best animated feature, beating Hollywood blockbusters by Pixar and DreamWorks. Flow is a flood fable without words or humans, telling the story of a small black cat who finds a family of other animals, from a capybara to a Labrador, on a boat on a deluged world.

4 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Ivie Uzebu |Ros Cranston |Chloe Walker |Kieron Corless

A sudden, deafening crack rings out at the start of Mountains, the debut feature from Haitian-American director Monica Sorelle. A monstrous crane’s jaws unhinge wide, preparing to rip apart a roof with ravenous greed before swallowing up large gulps of water from a pool. It’s a moment of sheer violence, but the tension dissipates as we are introduced to Haitian construction worker Xavier (Atibon Nazaire), sitting on a makeshift seat made of disfigured scrap and sucking sweet juice from a mango.