Thank you for playing The Film Magazine’s July movie quiz. Remember to tell us your scores @thefilmagazine on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Ahead of the release of ‘Barbie’, how many films has Greta Gerwig directed solo? A/. 2 (Lady Bird in 2017, Little Women in 2019). Greta Gerwig established herself as a distinctive voice in … Read more

Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven has followed a remarkable, often controversial trajectory across a 50-year career in film. He began by making violent, sexually frank and politically challenging films in the Netherlands, moved to Hollywood where his work became still violent but less explicit and often misread, and later returned to Europe to make films on … Read more

Quicksand (2023) ReviewDirector: Andres BeltranScreenwriter: Matt PittsStarring: Carolina Gaitán, Allan Hawco, Sebastian Eslava, Andrés Castañeda Quicksand (2023), directed by Andres Beltran and written by Matt Pitts, positions itself as a compact survival thriller. The premise is straightforward: a former doctor returns to Colombia to give a conference speech while her soon-to-be-divorced husband accompanies her. Seeking … Read more

Born in 1958 on the mainland and rising from television screenwriter to internationally celebrated film director, Wong Kar-Wai is one of the most recognisable and influential auteurs to emerge from East Asia in the late 20th century. After relocating to Hong Kong, he broke through in the early 1990s with a distinctive, highly visual cinematic … Read more

In a new era for the genre, the latest shortcut to success is quickly losing its appeal. For more than a decade, Marvel has dominated the box office with its interconnected cinematic universe, using a blend of storytelling, spectacle, and marketing to keep audiences returning for each release. One of the studio’s most potent tools … Read more

The Mission: Impossible franchise began as a television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s before being reimagined for the big screen as America’s answer to the cultural and financial juggernaut of the James Bond 007 series. Since the first theatrical release in 1996, the Tom Cruise–led series has become a global phenomenon, grossing … Read more

Indiana Jones is one of cinema’s most enduring and charismatic heroes. His fedora and bullwhip are instantly recognizable, and Harrison Ford’s lopsided grin is as essential to the character’s appeal as the creators behind him, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Originally inspired by the James Bond series, the Indiana Jones franchise has established itself as … Read more

In 1971, American actor and director Dennis Hopper released his second film as director, The Last Movie. After the breakthrough success of Easy Rider (1969), audiences and studio executives alike eagerly awaited Hopper’s follow-up. Easy Rider had become a cultural touchstone for the 1960s counterculture, and Hopper—one of the leading figures of New Hollywood—was granted … Read more

The Out-Laws (2023)Director: Tyler SpindelScreenwriters: Ben Zazove, Evan TurnerStarring: Adam DeVine, Nina Dobrev, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, Lauren Lapkus, Poorna Jagannathan, Lil Rey Howery, Richard Kind, Julie Hagerty When a movie begins with the Happy Madison Productions logo, it comes with a predictable tone and set of expectations. The studio has built a reputation for … Read more

Insidious: The Red Door (2023)Director: Patrick WilsonScreenwriter: Scott TeemsStarring: Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Sinclair Daniel, Peter Dager, Joseph Bishara, Andrew Astor The original Insidious established itself as a defining piece of 2010s paranormal horror, with its unnerving score and striking visual moments. That first film shifted the haunted-house formula toward a more intimate … Read more