Luca (2021) Director: Enrico Casarosa Screenwriters: Enrico Casarosa, Simon Stephenson, Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo, Marco Barricelli, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, Peter Sohn, Sandy Martin, Sacha Baron Cohen Pixar returns with one of its sunniest, most carefree films in years. Luca leans into a warm, summery … Read more

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise Screenwriters: Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Jonathan Roberts Starring: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, David Ogden Stiers The story of Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris has inspired countless adaptations since … Read more

When they first arrived in cinemas, High-Rise and Snowpiercer could be read as extravagant, sometimes excessive takes on class conflict—stylised parables that favored bold visuals and theatrical performances over straightforward storytelling. Each film also represented an unusual turn for its director: Ben Wheatley adapting J.G. Ballard into a claustrophobic tower-block fable, and Bong Joon-ho delivering … Read more

Cruella (2021) Director: Craig Gillespie Screenwriters: Dana Fox, Tony McNamara Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser Disney’s recent slate of live-action remakes and reimaginings has become a defining facet of its modern strategy. While many point to 2015’s Cinderella as the beginning of this wave, the studio’s interest in reworking animated … Read more

The John Wick franchise continues to expand in scale and ambition. What began as a focused revenge saga has grown into a globe-spanning action series with its own distinct mythology, escalating box-office returns, and increasingly notable casting choices. The latest news confirms that martial arts star Donnie Yen is attached to John Wick 4, joining … Read more

A Quiet Place Part II (2020) Director: John Krasinski Screenwriter: John Krasinski Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou A Quiet Place Part II arrives in a cultural moment saturated with sequels, remakes, and reboots, where returning franchises face the twin challenges of honoring what worked in the original while offering … Read more

INT. CARGO LOCK Two vast metal doors grind apart, revealing an almost inhuman silhouette. Ripley emerges, encased in a chunk of hardened steel: the power loader. The camera pushes in on Ripley, a human within a mechanical skeleton. RIPLEY Get away from her, you bitch! That shot is one of my earliest memories of cinema. … Read more

Enfant Terrible (2021) Director: Oskar Roehler Screenwriters: Klaus Richter, Oskar Roehler Starring: Oliver Masucci, Hary Prinz, Katja Riemann, Felix Hellmann, Anton Rattinger, Erdal Yildiz, Markus Hering, Michael Klammer Many mainstream biopics take a glossy, Hollywood approach to larger-than-life figures, smoothing edges and amplifying spectacle to shape familiar myths. In contrast, Oskar Roehler’s Enfant Terrible resists … Read more

Cast your mind back ten, perhaps just five years, and few people outside South Korea or dedicated cinephile circles would have known Bong Joon-ho by name. Then the 2019–20 awards season changed everything. Parasite completed an extraordinary run: it made Bong the first Korean director to win both Best Picture and Best Director at the … Read more

How a Trip to the Cinema and Harry Potter Shaped a Childhood Love of Film My childhood revolved around movies. From a very early age I was glued to the television, absorbing accents, music and stories that helped shape how I spoke and felt about the world. My parents often tell me that I would … Read more