The New Mutants (2020) Director: Josh Boone Screenwriters: Josh Boone, Knate Lee Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Alice Braga Originally scheduled for release in 2018, The New Mutants finally reached audiences in 2020 after a long and complicated delay. Based on the influential comics by Chris Claremont, Bob McLeod … Read more

Paul Verhoeven is one of cinema’s most misunderstood and versatile directors. From intimate arthouse work in Europe to brazen, sexually charged studio pictures in Hollywood, and the polarising spectacle that was Showgirls, his career resists easy categorization. Beyond his well-known taste for provocative imagery, Verhoeven has repeatedly returned to political and moral questions, using shock, … Read more

The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriters: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Amara Karan, Waris Ahluwalia, Natalie Portman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray “Yes, the past happened. But it’s over, isn’t it?” – one of the many very poignant lines in Wes Anderson’s emotionally charged The Darjeeling … Read more

This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Eve O’Dea of eveonfilm.com. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Director: Agnès Varda Screenwriter: Agnès Varda Starring: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank Agnès Varda is often cited as the lone prominent female voice of the French New Wave, and her filmography has … Read more

Tenet (2020) Director: Christopher Nolan Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Himesh Patel, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Time is a central force in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, a high-concept, time-bending spy thriller that returns the director to large-scale, original filmmaking. Nolan invites audiences back into the cinema … Read more

Da 5 Bloods (2020) — Review Da 5 Bloods (2020) Director: Spike Lee Screenwriters: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Starring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Mélanie Thierry, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Paul Walter Hauser, Jean Reno 2020 has been a difficult year for film … Read more

Get Duked! (2019/20) Director: Ninian Doff Screenwriter: Ninian Doff Starring: Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Lewis Gribben, Rian Gordon, Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo In recent decades British cinema has produced a string of distinctive voices, and emerging directors continue to refresh the landscape. Ninian Doff, known previously for his striking music videos, makes a confident feature … Read more

This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Paul A J Lewis of paul-a-j-lewis.com. ‘The filmmaker must […] attack on all fronts!’ – José Mojica Marins (1936-2020) “Making a film in Brazil is like building a spaceship and sending it to the moon. We have no resources. The filmmaker must invent a persona. … Read more

CGI vs Animatronics: When Practical Effects Still Matter CGI is most effective when you don’t notice it. Like invisible seams on a garment, visual effects can hold a film together without calling attention to themselves. Whether it’s touching up a set, filling out a crowd, or changing an actor’s eye colour, computer graphics let filmmakers … Read more

  For his 2003 film, Dogville, Danish director Lars von Trier tried a bold experiment. Known for creating deeply flawed, often reprehensible male characters, von Trier decided to give his next protagonist a conscience. That man is Tom Edison (Paul Bettany). The film functions as a searing critique of American classism, depicting a small town … Read more