by Yalda Kesh
As AI-generated dramas flood our screens, what does their extraordinary rise reveal about the future of storytelling and our insatiable appetite for content?
by Luke Charnley
The far-right‘s increasingly hostile culture war against migrants echoes the fantasies of social collapse that weaponised British vigilante cinema in the 2000s.
by Desirae Embree
The story of how Prince fought tooth and nail to retain full control over his directorial debut, which, 40 years later, demands new attention.
by Karen Turner
As We Need To Talk About Kevin turns 15 and audiences still argue over The Drama, an assessment of a North American cultural phenomenon.
by Maia Wyman
The imagery of Terrence Malick’s 2011 masterpiece has borne plentiful fruit – for better or for worse.
by Victoria Luxford
As Keanu Reeves dons feathered wings as an angel in Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, we look at how these spiritual servants have fared on screen.
by Eleanor Brady
From surreal odysseys to sexual awakenings, the swimming pool has long been depicted as a site of transformation, nostalgia and fluid identity.
by Aisling Walsh
Throughout their joint filmmaking efforts, Joel and Ethan Coen have remained interested in the lengths people are willing to go to for a little bit of money.
by Olivia Popp
Grand Theft Hamlet might be the highest profile film made inside Rockstar’s flagship franchise, but it’s certainly not the first – join us on a cruise through San Andreas Cinema.
by Niamh Dunne
They look bad, they sound bad, and sometimes directors won’t even admit they’ve made a musical at all. What on earth is happening to this once lucrative genre?
by Juan Barquín
While considered by many to be minor works, Serial Mom and A Dirty Shame represent some of our contemporary concerns and anxieties while offering a surprisingly wholesome view of queer community.
by Meghana Kandlur
In the cinema of Pedro Almodóvar, gender proves more fluid and arbitrary than in much of contemporary cinema.
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