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Articles by Rachel Poels
Saltburn: a twisted, hilarious gothic thriller
By Teddy Stoddart, Engineering Design, Third Year It is the winter of 2006, and Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) is struggling at Oxford University. Not academically – his personal tutor gawps at the fact he has read all 200 books on the reading list – but between his earnest overdressing, slight figure, and the fact he is from (gasp) the North, he is rendered a social outcast.
The Eternal Daughter: a sombre look at mother-daughter relationships
By Rachel Poels, Sociology and Philosophy, Second Year The Eternal Daughter (2023) follows Tilda Swinton as she plays both the filmmaker, Julie, and Julie's mother, Rosalind, the subject of the film. In order to spend more time together, Julie decides to book them both into a hotel, the same one which used to be the family home of her mother.
Review: Improv’s Greatest Hits! Supporting Save the Rhubarb
By Bruno Bridger, Second Year English and Philosophy A call to arms by Bristol's own Tara Clerkin Trio has vitalised the musical community into embracing a collaborative and improvisational spirit.
Autumn On Screen: Five films to watch this season
Rachel Poels, Second Year, Sociology and Philosophy For some of us, Autumn means wet weather and moody skies; for others, the colours of the leaves, cosy evenings indoors and, of course, Halloween. Here are five films that capture the colours and moods of autumn. Coraline (2009) A Halloween classic, Coraline is not always cosy, but it is full of detailed scenery you can get lost in.
Sex Education's newest character: UoB
by Lauren Durose, Film & TV Co-Deputy Editor. As the fourth and final season of Sex Education (2019) airs, Bristol students may find themselves recognising certain locations as they watch the show. Whilst a lot of the show is filmed in Wales, multiple University of Bristol buildings can also be spotted, including the Wills Memorial Building and the School of Chemistry.
Fremont: a quiet and thoughtful film
By Rachel Poels, Second Year, Sociology and Philosophy Babak Jalali's Fremont is a quiet, thoughtful film that follows Afghan refugee Donya as she seeks connection and meaning within the mundanity of her life. Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) works every day in a fortune cookie factory. She shapes the cookies, places messages inside them, talks to her coworker Joanna (Hilda Schmelling) then goes home to her flat, where every night she cannot sleep.
‘Home is where the art is’: The impact of art in forming community
By Isabel Williams, Co-Deputy Arts Editor Recently, I got a little drunk and a little philosophical with a friend of mine and we started talking about what it was that attracted us to the arts. As two students of English literature, we both agreed unquestioningly on our gut feeling that art was important but found we struggled to convey exactly why we felt this way. Eventually, I produced an explanation we could both agree on: ‘I think because at its core, it’s all about people’, I said.
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