The Film Pupil #11
148 x 210 mm, 40 pages
Twickenham, UK
Bimonthly
First published in 2024
Editor and illustrator: Oliver Spicer
The Film Pupil is a small but punchy film zine brimming with insightful reflections and commentary on contemporary, cult and classic cinema, communicated through clear and accessible writing and visuals. Each edition boasts five essays, an interview section, insights into film history and industry data, as well as a playfully illustrated cartoon strip.
Jordan O’Shea opens issue 11 with an analysis of drug use in ‘Quadrophenia’—Franc Roddam’s 1979 directorial debut, centred around the tumultuous life of a young mod in 1960s London—a symptom, he claims, of the disaffection of teenagers in postwar Britain. Elsewhere, Ellie Bridge pays homage to ‘Synecdoche, New York’, crediting Charlie Kaufman’s 2008 psychological drama for giving her the courage to ‘make a change’ in her life, whilst Anya Arora heaps praise on ‘Titane’—Julia Ducournau’s 2021 subversive body horror—celebrating its complex portrayal of female rage.