After Spain won the World Cup last week, I found myself wanting to explore Spanish Cinema more. Having thus far only touched the surface with the likes of Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro González Iñárritu, I decided to watch three films by three Spanish directors I hadn’t heard of before. Jamón Jamón (Bigas Luna, 1992) This still from Jamón Jamón, featuring Javier Bardem, basically sums up the whole film. It’s macho, it’s raunchy, it’s Spanish. Jamón Jamón encapsulates the stag

Images by Theadora Denyer Originally published by The Indiependent on the 18th August 2025. I go to a lot of gigs—at least compared to most of my friends—in Brighton, where I live, and in London. A lot of them are rock or post-punk. Some hip hop, some dance, some at festivals. Some highlights this year for me have been Jamie XX at Primavera Sound and TRAAMS at The Great Escape. Most of the time, I love it, I don’t care too much about waiting in line for the coat check or the

The Smashing Machine (2025) © A24 Originally published by The Indiependent on the 20th November 2025. Since the release of Benny Safdie’s recent film The Smashing Machine (2025) starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, I have been exploring the pattern of a star being reborn in the Safdie Brothers’ films. First, we saw Robert Pattinson in Good Time (2017)—otherwise known for The Twilight Saga (2008-2012), a series of vampire teen romance films—the actor is now renowned to be one o

The "hot internet girls" in Charli XCX's "360" music video, directed by Aidan Zamiri. (Source: YouTube). It's been about two weeks since...