The Before Trilogy: How to Capture a Moment
A love story is made of moments, and in no place are those moments captured better than in Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy – Sunrise, Sunset, Midnight. Essay on why, by Jack Fanning.
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Cooper Raiff and the Strength of Vulnerability
Cooper Raiff uses his films ‘Sh*thouse’ and ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ to re-evaluate the limits of masculinity, confronting limited stereotypes to present vulnerability as a strength. Essay by Tina Kakadelis.
Read MoreSpielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’ VFX Remain the Industry’s Gold Standard
How Steven Spielberg’s direction helped to make the visual effects on ‘Jurassic Park’ (1993) not only revolutionary but the Gold Standard of Hollywood CGI. Article by Joseph Wade.
Read MoreIn Defense of the Happy Ending: Alice Wu and LGBTQ+ Movies
For so long, Hollywood has made it seem like only white, cisgender, non-disabled, heterosexual people fall in love. The films of Alice Wu offer condolence for those outside of that box. Essay by Tina Kakadelis.
Read MoreHow ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Redefines Romantic Cinema
How Joachim Trier rewrites the rules of silver screen romance to create one of the best romantic dramas of recent years, ‘The Worst Person in the World’. Essay by Rehana Nurmahi.
Read More‘Wanderlust’ and Its ‘Bizarro Cut’ at 10: How David Wain Split His Sensibility in Two for the Studio System
10 years on from the release of David Wain’s cult comedy ‘Wanderlust’, starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, its ‘Bizarro Cut’ remains transparent about the comedy process. Essay by Nicholas Armstrong.
Read MoreLittle Women Is the Ultimate Christmas Film, Actually
Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ (2019) starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and more, is the ultimate Christmas film, even if it’s arguably not even a Christmas film at all. Rehana Nurmahi explains.
Read MoreConjuring Nonsense: Devils Didn’t Make Him Do It
The third ‘Conjuring’ film reinforces the dangerous myth that the supernatural is somehow responsible for the heinous crimes of humanity, and it’s a problem as big as cinema itself. Essay from Jacob Davis.
Read MoreThe Duality of the Female Psyche in ‘Mouthpiece’
How ‘Mouthpiece’, created by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, forges a moving insight into womanhood through its presentation of the duality of the female psyche. Essay by Gala Woolley.
Read MoreCharlie Gardiner: What Cinema Means To Me
What does cinema mean to The Film Magazine writer Charlie Gardiner? Pretty much everything.
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March 29, 2024
Austin Butler to Star in Darren Aronofsky Crime Thriller
Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'