film advent calendar

25th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless

Merry Christmas from the Northern Quota – a guide to the festive period

Good tidings one and all from everyone at NQ, we’re enjoying a jolly festive period and hope that you are too. Worry not, they aren’t...

Revolori and Ronan in Grand Budapest Hotel. Credit: 20th Century Fox

1st December 2018 | By Matt Hartless

Film Advent Calendar: The absurdist whimsy of the Grand Budapest Hotel

Wikipedia defines the absurdist genre as focusing on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life. The related whimsical genre is...