Modern queer cinema has undergone quite a shift in the kinds of stories being told, with the darker and more unsettling conversations around identity and sexuality becoming a common theme in contemporary depictions of LGBTQIA+ life. Marco Berger has made some impressive films that centre on some more complex themes within the community, and while…

A few years ago, we saw one of the most extraordinary examinations of the art of education in Maria Speth’s incredible Mr Bachmann and His Class, in which the titular subject – a hardworking German schoolteacher – is given the chance to showcase his various joys and challenges that come with choosing this vocation. Now,…

Few adages have been more persistent than “behind every successful man there’s a great woman” (along with its multitude of variants), which has essentially become the foundation of entire narratives on the importance of domestic partners in the development of highly successful individuals. In the case of Leonard Bernstein, the woman who stood behind him…

While he may only direct sporadically, each one of Jonathan Glazer’s films is a masterful examination of a specific subject, handcrafted by a filmmaker with a keen vision and an even more intriguing sense of philosophical virtue. His fourth feature film, as well as the first film he has made in nearly a decade, is…

Somewhere in the Caribbean sits an island that may seem like a beautiful slice of paradise, but is the refuge for criminals from all around the world, who make their way to this isolated utopia in the hopes of hiding from the law, not realizing that even when surrounded by fugitives, it is very likely…

“Teaching is the profession that makes every other profession possible” – these words adorn many a classroom wall, or are often repeated by educators in moments of self-doubt when they need a boost of confidence to know what they are doing is not only valuable but entirely essential. Maren Ade seems to have a true…

One of the more unheralded filmmakers of European cinema is Percy Adlon, who has made some of the most fascinating films in both German and American cinema, but who inexplicably has never gained the recognition he deserves, outside of a small group of dedicated supporters of his work, who actively celebrate his vision and ability…

Lynne Ramsay may have not made many films (less than half a dozen in the past twenty years), but yet it has never been a question that she is one of our greatest living filmmakers, which is proof that some directors are the embodiment of choosing quality over quantity. It seems appropriate that she is…

At some point in our lives, we all have a dream in which we find ourselves in a strange place without any idea of how we got there, or any indication of the way to escape, and every step forward we take makes us feel more isolated and alone. In the case of Joy Womack,…

While it is difficult to conceive of now that it has attained a level of prestige that it never had before, there was a time in which television was seen as an inferior medium – the delineation between movie stars and television actors was broad and took a lot of talent, effort and finagling to…