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Daniel Blumberg: ​‘The ingredients were there to…

Daniel Blumberg is an omnivorous artist, bringing intense conviction and curiosity to song form, improvised live performance, visual artwork and film composition. As a composer for

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The Moment review – it’s not that easy being green

On June 7 2024 Charli XCX unleashed a monster. Green, mean and only 41:23 minutes long, ​‘brat’ wasn’t just an album – it was an entire summer. And

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Splitsville review – lacking on romance and comedy

The course of true love never did run smooth, and for the kind but clueless Carey (Kyle Marvin) he’s in for a rude awakening. His wife

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The Secret Agent review – Mendonça Filho’s most…

When Marcelo (Wagner Moura) first arrives in Dona Sebastiana’s building, he is greeted by a curious cat whose head is split into two fully formed faces,

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Joachim Trier and the science of self-doubt

Walt Whitman famously professed in his poem ​‘Song to Myself’ to ​“contain multitudes”, and in doing so encapsulated the mysteries of the human condition and

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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley review – a touching…

In the 29 years since his accidental death from drowning, the life of Jeff Buckley has been simplified into rock ​‘n’ roll myth: a tragic, sensitive artist

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Death with Dignity: the documentaries…

“Now that sex is available to us in hardcore porno films, death remains the one last taboo in cinema,” wrote the film critic Amos Vogel in

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How gaming YouTuber Markiplier became an…

Markiplier is far from the only YouTuber to see success lately in theatrical cinema – Talk to Me filmmakers the Philippou Brothers and Skinamarink visionary Kyle Edward Ball spring

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Mika Imai: ‘There is such an affinity between…

Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges preconceived notions of what Japanese

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Light Touch: How Hollywood gets lit

There are scenes within film and television that are defined by their lighting – a quality that becomes a cornerstone before actors even speak their first line.