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
“Everything I learnt, I learnt from the movies.” – Audrey Hepburn. Why Cinema Matters to Me Cinema is far more than entertainment—it is a lens through which I understand the world. After my family and closest friends, film is the richest and most constant part of my life. I work in casting, so my professional … Read more
Back There in the Dark You’ve been quiet for too long — the cinema, that temple of dreams and imagination, has sat with empty seats and deserted aisles. For many of us the big screen is not merely a place to watch a story unfold; it is a ritual, a communal act of wonder. We … Read more
93rd Academy Awards (2021) — Winners and Ceremony Highlights The delayed 93rd Academy Awards took place on Sunday, 25 April 2021. The ceremony combined in-person attendance in Los Angeles with remote participation from several venues worldwide. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and limited to essential guests, the event departed from the traditional Oscars format. It resembled … Read more
The Best Picture nominees at the 2021 Oscars demonstrate that, even in our darkest times, exceptional cinema can be made, shared and celebrated. The theatrical experience may have been disrupted and the industry thrown into uncertainty, but The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences still had a wealth of outstanding films to choose from—reminding … Read more
