The first Korean film to secure a best picture Oscar nomination is a testament to the international appeal of K-cinema.
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Ladj Ly’s critically acclaimed new film looks at the misery that binds together its protagonists, and also examines France’s failure to fulfil its obligations toward its most vulnerable citizens.
In converging two timelines to retell Little Women, Greta Gerwig’s writing and direction create emotions in the audience that made her deserving of an Oscar nomination for direction
With big theatre chains refusing to show Martin Scorsese’s new big budget mob movie, the future of cinema is looking a little dimmer.
The first woman ever nominated for a Best Director Award - more than 40 years ago - Lina Wertmüller has just been honoured by the academy. She is known for her hilariously irreverent films.
Chinese animated film Ne Zha is a box office phenomenon, but it also has a surprising story to tell about raising the ideal ‘guai’ child – for the family, and for the state.
Dirty Dancing’s dance sequences are stand-alone properties, famous in their own right. But when they’re considered in isolation, the film’s messy class, race and gender politics are sidelined.
Culturally, the joker turns socially significant places into spaces of carnival, revealing cracks within the social order. He is an enduring character – and a common figure in 2019.
Are our interests shifting away from film and towards TV series? As media changes, is there even a difference between TV and film?
In the film Below, a fight club is set up in a fictional, remote immigration detention centre. However the film’s shock tactics often feel manufactured, and risk exploiting the refugee crisis as mere backdrop.
There was an outcry in the LGBT community when the ending of Fiona Shaw’s bestselling novel was changed for the film.
Good versus evil, tolerance and discrimination: there’s a lot we can learn from the Marvel universe.
Cinema is the most popular firm of cultural participation, but rising ticket prices threaten that.
Slow movies have until now been largely confined to arthouse cinema, for film aficionados only. Not any more.
In pop culture such as series, music, magazines and comics, queer children often find ways out of a world that cannot contain them.
Beloved film director Agnès Varda died at age 90, on March 29th. She was a pioneer of French New Wave cinema and admired for her ability to understand time and see beauty outside of mechanical norms.
When it was released 15 years ago, Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ,’ was a box-office success. The theme of Jesus has been a successful one that many filmmakers around the globe have cashed in on.
With 15 nominations and three Oscars, Netflix is besting the big film industry players at their own party.
Audio description began as an accessibility aid but has developed into an art form.
Olivia Colman has a funny story to tell on Wikipedia about the age displayed in her biography in the online encyclopedia. The opportunity for a Wikipedia fact-checking.
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