When it comes to art, the more bold and daring someone is, the more they tend to be celebrated for their artistic ingenuity and ability to navigate challenging subject matter, especially when it comes to presenting something the audience has never seen before. However, it can sometimes be a case where a work is too…

Much like the rest of the film community, I was shocked to wake up to the news this past weekend that the legendary director Roger Corman had passed away, which brings an end to one of the most important and influential artistic careers in the history of the medium, and the conclusion of an era…

At some point, we’ve all encountered the hypothetical question about a scenario in which we come into contact with some extraterrestrial being, and specifically what we’d show them to give a solid overview of the human race and our existence on Planet Earth, which often leads to compelling and interesting discussion and debate. This was…

Queer cinema has undergone quite a journey, its sometimes surprising to remember that there was a time in which even the vaguest suggestion of queer content in a film was considered too deviant to have a place in the mainstream, and was often shoved into the arthouse or independent scene instead. Most filmmakers didn’t have…

Every few years, there is an artist that emerges that produces work that is simultaneously terrifying and exciting in equal measure. In terms of cinema, the arrival of any fascinating new voice is going to be notable, even if their work is not designed to be appreciated by that wide of an audience. A few…

One of the most fascinating details when discussing the French New Wave is that, despite being mostly known for their work during this brief but highly influential period, many of the most influential directors continued to make films well into the 21st century, which often deviated from the foundation set during their earlier career, but…

As far as being definitive of an entire generation of French filmmakers, you would struggle to find someone more adept at his craft than Alain Resnais, whose work spans over half a century, and saw the esteemed director producing a number of artistically-resonant, deeply provocative works that are both insightful and cutting edge, making him…

One of my favourite dinner party questions to ask, especially when in the company of those who are more artistically inclined, is around the hypothetical scenario where we each have to choose a piece of art to preserve for future generations, or perhaps provide to those from another dimension, that we best feel encompasses the…

We have recently spoken about the effortless brilliance of Elia Suleiman, specifically in the context of Divine Intervention, his revolutionary and deeply profound film that consists of a series of interconnected vignettes that aim to show a different side of his native Palestine. A director with a small but meaningful body of work, every time…

Every filmmaker tends to be driven by a different motivation for the stories they tell, and even those with the most diverse and versatile careers tend to have specific themes or ideas that flow through their body of work, establishing a very clear understanding of what they represent as artists. In the case of Elia…