Mohamed Shafiullah contemplates the film adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s novel of the same title Leave the World Behind (2023), set in a dystopian, apocalypse-ridden America.

Kishore Kalaichalvan ruminates on Kogonada’s film After Yang (2021), about a family living in a futuristic America that is faced with love and loss after their AI helper breaks down.

Okky Prabowo critiques the latest superhero flick Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, starring Jason Mamoa as the titular character, and questions the manner movies made in the present day tackle the theme of climate change.

Kuo Yi Quan delves into the role nature and urban spaces come to a head in the Taiwanese film The Falls (2021), set during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Akanksha Joshi questions how nudity has been portrayed by Sam Levinson, American filmmaker and actor, in his television shows Euphoria and The Idol.

Content Creator Goh Cheng Hao reviews Lila Avilés’ film Totem (2023) which explores the plurality of illness through a child’s point of view.

Content Creator Phyllis Chan writes a moving and powerful rumination on the Chinese docudrama Tedious Days and Nights, which exposes the current lives of former poet-activists in Mainland China.

Editor-in-Chief Rhea Chalak reviews a film with a lot of buzz surrounding it, especially in the Western film circuit: Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest black comedy Poor Things (2023).

Editor-in-Chief Rhea Chalak reviews Chinese-language film Buddha Mountain (2010), directed by Li Yu and starring Fan Bing Bing.

Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews Ryan Benjamin Lee’s The Parade, an animated short that explores the intricacies of politics and individuality.

Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews JT Trinidad’s short film the river that never ends (2022).

Vice-President Fidel Tan reviews Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film Evil Does Not Exist (2023), following the themes of capitalist greed and gentrification in conflict with nature.

Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews Alice Rohrwacher’s 2023 drama film, starring Josh O’Connor as a crumpled English archaeologist-turned-grave-robber.

Reagan Ng retrospects on the cult found-footage horror film, The Blair Witch Project (1999), and expounds on the undeniable influence it has had since.

Jeongrak Son reviews two films revolving around the exploration of time that screened at the Quantum Shorts Film Festival.

Sarah Mak gives a thorough run-down on her experience watching/playing Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (2023), a roleplaying musical adventure game developed by Summerfall Studios and published by Humble Games.

Mohamed Shafiullah reviews Five Nights at Freddy’s, the 2023 American horror film, based on Scott Cawthon’s video game franchise of the same name.

Content Creator Goh Cheng Hao questions the portrayal of queerness within film.

Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews The Shout (1978), Jerzy Skolimowski’s British horror film based on a short story by Robert Graves.

Kuo Yi Quan reflects on the A24-produced film Past Lives (2023) which explores the relationship of two separated childhood sweethearts who are reunited later in life.