Femme (2023)Directors: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon PingScreenwriters: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon PingStarring: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay Adapted from a short film into a feature-length debut, Femme marks the first full-length collaboration between directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping. Expanding an original eighteen-minute short into a taut, emotionally complex film is a … Read more

English film director Joe Wright grew up surrounded by marionettes at his parents’ puppet theater, Little Angel Theatre, in Islington. There he absorbed the fairy tales, magic, and romance that have profoundly shaped his work and continue to influence his filmmaking style. Born in 1972 in London, Wright began his career at Oil Factory, a … Read more

Past Lives (2023)Director: Celine SongScreenwriter: Celine SongStarring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro Celine Song’s Past Lives is a delicate, quietly powerful examination of love, fate, and the spaces that can both connect and separate people across decades. The film opens with a striking visual motif: two parallel frames, each capturing a character seated at … Read more

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2023)Director: Hope Dickson LeachScreenwriters: Hope Dickson Leach, Vlad ButuceaStarring: Lorn MacDonald, Henry Pettigrew, David Hayman The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is one of the most enduring works of literature, and countless adaptations have tried to recapture its tension between respectability and the … Read more

Passages (2023)Director: Ira SachsScreenwriter: Mauricio Zacharias, Ira SachsStarring: Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos Premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Ira Sachs’ Passages arrived with considerable anticipation. Following Sachs’ previous features such as Little Men (2016) and Frankie (2019), this film continued to attract attention for its intimate exploration of desire, fidelity and the … Read more

From a leading figure in the Australian New Wave to an accomplished, Oscar-nominated Hollywood director, Peter Weir’s career was defined by consistently high-quality filmmaking. His style resisted simple categorization because he embraced a remarkable breadth of projects. Over five decades Weir delivered literary adaptations, immersive historical dramas, visceral war films and inventive genre pieces before … Read more

Blade (1998)Director: Stephen NorringtonScreenwriter: David S. GoyerStarring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N’Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Sanaa Lathan, Arly Jover When it premiered in 1998, Blade arrived as a lean, intense hybrid of horror and superhero cinema. Over twenty-five years later its influence is clear: this was not just another comic-book adaptation … Read more

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)Director: Juel TaylorScreenwriters: Tony Rettenmaier, Juel TaylorStarring: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Kiefer Sutherland They Cloned Tyrone is a bold, genre-blending mystery with strong science fiction elements and a sharp social undercurrent. In his feature-length directorial debut, Juel Taylor delivers a fast-paced, twist-filled narrative that mixes pulp detective tropes with satirical … Read more

Regarded as one of the most influential figures of the New Queer Cinema movement, Gus Van Sant is a filmmaker who persistently explores the fragility and beauty of human life. His films examine outsiders, intimate relationships, and social margins with empathy and unflinching honesty. Van Sant began his film career working behind the scenes, serving … Read more

The Piano (1993)Director: Jane CampionScreenwriter: Jane CampionStarring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin Jane Campion’s The Piano opens with a monologue from Ada McGrath, a Scottish woman who, for reasons never fully explained, ceased speaking at the age of six. The voice we hear—that high, lyrical performance by Holly Hunter in a convincing … Read more