Polite Society (2023) Director: Nida ManzoorScreenwriter: Nida ManzoorStarring: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Nimra Bucha, Akshaye Khanna, Ella Bruccoleri, Seraphina Beh, Shona Babayemi The 2023 Glasgow Film Festival brought a wave of exciting premieres, and its closing film, Polite Society, left a strong impression. Director and writer Nida Manzoor delivers a bold, stylish debut feature that blends … Read more

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s multiverse-spanning film Everything Everywhere All at Once made history at the Oscars by becoming the first film to receive three acting awards and also win Best Picture. Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan each received acting honors at the 95th Academy Awards, recognizing the film’s extraordinary ensemble … Read more

Thank you for taking The Film Magazine’s 2023 Oscars quiz. Below are the official answers and brief context to help you check your score. If you’d like to share how you did, tag @thefilmagazine on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. The answers 1. Which performer (any gender) has won the most Oscars for acting? A. Katharine … Read more

Marlon Brando and the Method in On the Waterfront One of Hollywood’s most influential approaches to acting is the Method, widely popularized in the 1950s. The Method encourages actors to inhabit their characters from the inside out, to become the person on screen rather than merely imitating behavior. Marlon Brando is commonly linked with Method-style … Read more

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It (2022)Director: Lachlan PendragonScreenwriter: Lachlan PendragonStarring: Lachlan Pendragon, John Cavanagh, Michael Richard, Jamie Trotter This 11-minute stop motion short is a delightful burst of creativity and craft. An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It brings … Read more

Living (2022)Director: Oliver HermanusScreenwriters: Kazuo IshiguroStarring: Bill Nighy, Alex Sharp, Aimee Lou Wood, Tom Burke Adapting a film as revered as Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic Ikiru is a delicate task. Oliver Hermanus’s Living relocates that moral and emotional core from post-war Japan to post-war Britain, retaining the original’s essential story while reshaping it for a … Read more

My Year of Dicks (2022)Director: Sara GunnarsdóttirScreenwriter: Pamela RibonStarring: Brie Tilton, Jackson Kelly, Klarissa Hernandez, Chris Elsebroek, Sterling Temple Howard, Mical Trejo, Sean Stack, Chris Kelman, Laura House, Pamela Ribon My Year of Dicks is one of the most memorable short-film titles to come out of the 2022 awards season, and it delivers precisely what … Read more

In Acting for the Camera, Tony Barr defines acting as “the response to stimuli in imaginary circumstances in an imaginative, dynamic manner that is stylistically true to time and place, so as to communicate ideas and emotions to an audience.” The phrase “dynamic manner” is crucial: a convincing performance must show variation and development even … Read more

The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)Directors: Diane Alvergue, Debra McClutchy Have you heard of the Martha Mitchell Effect? It describes a disturbing pattern in which a person’s accurate observations are dismissed as delusions, only to be verified later. The term takes its name from Martha Mitchell, the outspoken wife of John N. Mitchell, who served as … Read more

Baz Luhrmann is one of the most inventive and entertaining directors working today. His films combine theatrical grandeur, bold costume design, and an immersive energy that often feels bigger than the screen, inviting viewers into exuberant cinematic experiences. Before Luhrmann became internationally known, the Australian-born filmmaker appeared alongside Judy Davis in the low-budget Australian drama … Read more