The Film Pupil #10
148 x 210 mm, 40 pages
Twickenham, UK
Bimonthly
First published in 2024
Editor: 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 playful illustrated cartoon strip.
Issue ten tunes into the debate around historically accurate costume design, referencing looks both revered and scorned from a wide ranging selection of movies. Elsewhere, Isabel Hodges looks back at the films that shaped her romanticised view of corporate life during her teenage years, citing the seductive pull of the office’s in ‘Bridget Jones Diary’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ as a ‘gateway drug’ into an idealised vision of the modern woman’s working life, while a deep dive into the bourgeoisie trope of white telephones on screen furnishes the history section.