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 Billie Walker
If hagsploitation wasn’t bad enough, a new spate of male-directed horror films is displaying a worrying reliance on anti-abortion rhetoric.
by Ying-Di Yin
The dark of the matinée provides a safe space for emotional outpouring.
by Sophie Monks Kaufman
In the wake of this Hollywood titan’s sudden and tragic demise, we look back at the life and work of an artist whose life was powered by empathy and humour.
by Oscar Aitchison
How attending Brighton and Hove Albion games with my father delivers a similar hit to seeing Jeanne Dielman at the BFI Southbank.
by Hannah Benson
How the teen movie maestro behind The Breakfast Club inspired a new generation to expand on his vision of growing up on screen.
Surveillance culture has gone way beyond peering into our neighbours’ windows and wondering about the lives we aren’t living.
by Olivia Popp
A curious pattern emerges when it comes to the cinematic treatment of the breezy beach read, compared to that of the more respectable airport novel.
by Ralph Greco, Jr
It seems as though a new documentary about a legendary band pops up every week – but what separates the wheat from the chaff?
by Louise Conway
Recent studies have shown how people with dyslexia have enhanced abilities in originality, creativity, and reasoning. Could it be that movies can provide the perfect place to focus on the strengths of this different way of thinking?
by Rory Doherty
Nicolas Cage is a singular cinematic talent, but lately a string of lacklustre films attempt to capitalise on the pop culture image of him without adding to the conversation.
by Yasmin Omar
In a dehumanising creative decision, Ben Affleck excludes the iconic basketball player from his Air Jordan origin story. It’s not a good look.
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