We catch up with two students from Garratt Park School about their experience of doing a Bronze Arts Award. 

‘Beautiful Boy’ is not just another film about addiction, and in a time where drug overdose is the biggest killer in America, accounting for more deaths than gun violence and car crashes put together, I believe the film is incredibly urgent and needed, and it is absolutely necessary for everybody to watch it.

Spike Lee’s newest joint masterfully tells a decades-old tale of fighting white nationalism - a tale that’s all too relevant today.

There’s a saying in the autism community: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” There’s a serious humour at the heart of it, a wilful contradiction of logic spoken with an eyebrow raised that asks for change. It speaks to the frustration felt by autistic individuals who have seen the story of their identity told through harmful medical hypothesising, misguided neurotypical guesswork and deeply entrenched stereotyping – and usually by people who are not autistic.

Tom Edwards, Digitial Marketing Apprentice with Curious Minds, tells us all about completing his Gold Arts Award in filmmaking and working out how his skills could be applied to different business sectors. 

‘Like a rave version of The Masons’, Evening Standard 

MK ULTRA will blow your mind. Be dazzled by bright lights, superhuman dancing and pounding trap music as choreographer Rosie Kay and filmmaker Adam Curtis collaborate to create a bold commentary on the rise of conspiracy. 

As millions of young people turn away from established political systems, MK ULTRA looks at conspiracy and myth within popular culture and ideas about who really is in control. Taking its inspiration from the CIA code for the real LSD-fuelled brainwashing experiments by the US Military, MK ULTRA shines a light on the Illuminati and temptations to cross to the dark side. 

Do films by the streaming service deserve a place at award ceremonies?

We hear from STORGY, an online literary short story magazine and film and book reviewer, which aims to inspire artistic collaboration and provide opportunities for creative minds to meet.

Spielberg's Oscar nominated ‘The Post’ acts as a vital reminder of the democratic value journalism holds, and our need to vigilantly protect it.

Tarryne used her Bronze and Silver Arts Awards to develop her blogging skills, which ignited her interest in filmmaking. Nowadays, she is a university graduate based in Bristol and works in the TV industry. We spoke to Tarryne about her other ventures in her creative career, and how she got there.

A post inspired by 'The Meyerowitz Stories' starring Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson.

Have you ever watched a film and walked away thinking 'I want to do that'? Well this film did that to me, obviously disregarding the illegal activity but I think if Acting doesn't work out for me, I might go down the 'running a poker game' route. Again, minus the illegal activity.