Category: Films

Producer-director Vanessa Hope has worked on a number of films about China and its neighbouring nations, and this new one focuses on Taiwan, which is [more…]

There’s a neat little moment in A Knight’s Tale that I like to think speaks directly to how it became one of my favourite films. [more…]

Shot when director Harley Chamandy was 22, making him the youngest recipient of the Werner Herzog award for “special achievement in innovation, courage and vision”, [more…]

In Saeed Taji Farouky’s impressionistic documentary, the act of manual labour gains a sensorial, almost celestial dimension. The film’s opening sequences are near-wordless, as the [more…]

Marshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote some of Woody Allen ’s best films, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and a number of Johnny Carson’s [more…]

View image in fullscreen The Christmas movie has, in recent years, become its own industrial complex, algorithmically churned out by streaming services to hit various [more…]

How to Make Gravy is a rare example of a film that originated as a song – in this case, the beloved ballad by Paul [more…]

A few years ago I went on a pilgrimage to West Lulworth in Dorset. My wife, Linda, came with me. I stood on the shore [more…]

The 1980 disaster movie spoof Airplane! was a flyaway success. Made for $3.5m, it grossed over $170m and forged a new style of film comedy. [more…]

There’s a weird thing about superheroes. They tend to be a little bit more intriguing when they actually have superpowers. Yes, there is the odd [more…]