Start with a simple question—what are the films about?—and the possible answers would include: free will and destiny, the nature of reality, the purpose of life, the meaning of all creation, faith and ...

Mid-20th Century neo-realism would appear to be alive and well in David Riker’s “La Ciudad” (“The City”). It is one of the more beautifully shot movies you will see this year, with its rich array of ...

THE Italian cinema industry is today one of the liveliest in the world. It is rich with experimental ideas which are often copied by its competitors in other countries. It is quick to tell the bold, ...

Although the term “surrealism” often conjures perplexing visual imagery — Salvador Dalí’s melting clocks, René Magritte’s raining men, Frida Kahlo’s antlered head atop The Wounded Deer — the genre ...

“Film analysis has become an art without a future. … There are no longer, or should no longer be, any analyses of films. There are just gestures.” — Raymond Bellour, 2006. This year being the 70 th ...

Is there anything Martin Scorcese can’t do? Of course, there’s a science of sorts to the movie magic that he so effortlessly conjures in film after film, and this new video essay courtesy of The Film ...

Co-written by playwright Theresa Ikoko from her original story, it follows a few days in the life of Rocks, a 16-year-old girl growing up in Dalston. It’s the end of the summer holidays and her ...

When President Vincent Auriol set out last week to open Paris’ big annual art show, the Salon d’Automne, he had no reason to look for any excitement. Even the salon officials admitted that the show, ...