Filmmaker as Author and Audience: Babak Anvari Discusses Under the Shadow
If impatience should be associated as one of youth’s negative traits, then Babak Anvari’s debut feature Under the Shadow (2016) is a strange beast. […]
Adapting The White King: Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel Discuss the Literary and the Filmic
The White King (2016) is Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel’s feature directorial debut, a bold adaptation of György Dragomán’s novel. A coming of […]
A Study of Mount Fuji in Stillness: Fiona Tan’s Ascent and the Ideas Beneath the Stillness
Visual artist Fiona Tan’s Ascent (2016) is a collection of still photographs edited together that mirrors the construction of film as a single […]
The BFI’s Revolution in Realism: Geoff Andrew on Romanian Cinema and Ideas of Realism
In the midst of the infancy of 2017, it is only fitting that we take a moment to look back on a filmic […]
Woody’s Café Society: Shades of Midnight in Paris and the Unforgotten Past
One of the great narrative arcs is that of the rise and fall, and while there have been morbid moments in which critics […]
“This is Happening Without Your Permission” – Philip Ilson on the LSFF’s Journey
Philip Ilson is one of the founders of The London Short Film Festival (LSFF). This month sees the festival host its fourteenth edition […]
How Filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s Faith Informed his Most Iconic Characters
Silence isn’t the first occasion when the director’s obsession with religion has been at the fore. Martin Scorsese is not only one of […]
The Horror Of A Growing Relevance: Katharine Round Discusses The Divide
Cinema can both entertain and inform, sometimes simultaneously. But when we use the term ‘entertainment’ what is exactly meant by it? Is the […]
The Lighthouse: Chris Crow’s Haunting Island Sonata
Throughout the history of storytelling real life events have provided sustenance for dramatic fiction. While the mind and the levels of consciousness remain […]
Toward a Second Trilogy: Patricio Guzmán Discusses The Pearl Button
The celebrated Chilean documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzmán has used cinema as a means to explore the turbulent history of his homeland, first with […]