Eliza Hittman film ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’, succeeds at telling the tale of a teenage girl seeking abortion in the United States through empathy and authenticity. Pagan Carruthers reviews.
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David Lynch film ‘The Elephant Man’ (1980), starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins, “maintains its poignant sting” some 40 years later. Angel Lloyd reviews.
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Introducing the Reel Women’s Network, featuring media content exclusively from women filmmakers around the globe – created by women, for women. News story by Emma Kershaw.
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Have we seen the pinnacle of the superhero movie mountain? Gillian MacLeod looks at the facts, analysing the genre in conjunction with a prominent film theory in this special superhero movie essay.
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Roger Ebert once described horror-comedy ‘An American Werewolf in London’ (1981), from director John Landis, as “unfinished”. Sarah Williams looks at how this unfinished movie changed the game by making horror fun.
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Toxic masculinity and violence in ‘Green Street’ (2005) starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. How critique of the film seems to have missed the point, as written by George Forster.
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New Blumhouse fantasy-thriller-horror ‘Fantasy Island’ (2020) might be worth a watch if you’re a fan of Lucy Hale, but it won’t thrill fans of the genre quite like a ‘Get Out’. Sophie Cook reviews.
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Insight into the 2020 Berlinale Golden Bear competition entry ‘Favolacce’, known in English as ‘Bad Tales’, from the press conference by brother directors Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo. Report by Rose Dymock.
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How the films of the likes of John Woo and Wong Kar-wai have illustrated the identity crisis and cultural anxieties of Hong Kong during the state’s rich history of cinema.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'