Before Good Time and Uncut Gems, the Safdies created an anxiety-inducing portrait of a deadbeat dad trying to keep it together.
The BFI’s current retrospective of the Indian auteur’s cinema gave me chance to reconnect with my homeland while studying abroad.
By Winnie Wang
The outspoken heroine of King Vidor’s 1937 drama eschews social conventions to express herself through her clothes.
By Soham Gadre
As well as being a landmark achievement for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, this romantic epic brilliantly showcases the magic Indian cinema has to offer.
By Callie Petch
Twenty-five years ago Barry Sonnenfeld's workplace action-comedy broke the rules and launched an iconic franchise.
In her haunting depiction of Christine Chubbock, I recognised elements of my own experience with depression and isolation.
Forty years on, one of Robin Williams’ earliest film roles still ranks among his best work.
By Callie Petch
Adam Smith creates a disorientating, immersive experience through innovative camera work and editing in The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think.
Ninety years on, Yasujirō Ozu’s silent comedy about familial disillusion still makes salient points about life under capitalism.
Though her work remains undistributed in the UK, her superb film and TV episodes show an immense and unique talent on the rise.
By Bora Rex
Aki Kaurismäki’s drama remains sadly relevant as refugees and migrants face perilous journeys and human rights abuses in search of better lives.
By Lucy Vipond
In her breakthrough lead role, Bates plays a reclusive nurse who takes her fandom to horrifying extremes.
As Roe v. Wade is controversially overturned, we revisit Alexander Payne’s dark satire of the American abortion lobby.
By Chloe Smith
Ol Parker's story of a meet-cute between a bride and a florist shows that the LGBTQ+ community deserve their own rom-com canon.
Three decades since its release, Neil Jordan's thriller about The Troubles remains a crucial and complex piece of Irish cinema.
By Claire White
The unpretentious hijinks of Scooby, Shaggy and Mystery Inc. offer a nostalgic respite from the grim-dark state of current franchise fair.
George Cukor’s sublime take on stardom ranks among Judy Garland’s best work, but its production was mired in turmoil.
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