The Film Pupil #12
148 x 210 mm, 40 pages
London, 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.
Fionn Morris opens issue 12 with an analysis of the guilty priest trope in film noir, exploring its evolution through the work of three different directors: Charles Laughton, Ulu Grosbard, and Rian Johnson. Elsewhere, the history section is devoted to concert cinema, delving into touchstones of the genre such as Talking Head’s ‘Stop Making Sense’, and musing on its future amid rising ticket prices for live music, and Laura Jarman guides readers through Charli XCX’s genre redefining approach to film scoring, illustrated through her work on films such as ‘Bottoms’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’.