By Jack Jenkins In 2012, Disney bought LucasFilm for four billion dollars, giving it complete ownership over the Star Wars Franchise....

By Joseph Gilson “Perhaps it is the world that suffers from schizophrenia,” suggests a disembodied voice, ringing out, lonesome, against...

By Suzanne Hunt A roll of sellotape is the humble prop that makes for a pivotal and deeply disturbing scene in Chilean director Sebastian...

There is an often told story of the first days of cinema, that of the train arriving at the station. It was 1896 and in a small cinema...

As the shipwrecked man at the heart of The Red Turtle opens his eyes to his new Eden-like home, this film, too, opens out to something...

In a defining moment during Cemetery of Splendour, Weerasethakul conjures up a scene that seems to encapsulate the essence of his films....

King Louis’ wig, the colour and texture of a foreboding storm cloud, rising high above his head in two opulent blooms, is a remarkable...

By Joseph Gilson “Even if we don’t define them, they still exist behind the scenes.” Midway through Cheng Ran’s cinematic odyssey, In...