Vérité

Interstellar (Best of 2014)

After successfully piloting a hot potato superhero franchise through a trilogy of hugely influential real-world blockbusters, British director Christopher Nolan was given carte blanche to create whatever he wanted next.… Read More
A Touch of Sin

For his seventh fiction feature, Sixth Generation Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke strings together a quartet of stories – all adapted from infamous real-live events – into a compelling portrait of… Read More
A Touch of Sin and China’s New Cinematic Crimewave

Last month, the China Film Directors’ Guild Awards caused a stir at their annual ceremony, when the jury – made up solely of filmmakers – refused to name a winner… Read More
Magic Magic

Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown have been a cinematic mainstay since the birth of the medium, fuelled by everything from jealousy and claustrophobia to demonic possession and… Read More
12 Years a Slave

Steve McQueen’s third feature is a grand old-fashioned Hollywood epic that confronts America’s disgraceful past with a steely, unflinching gaze. But while the beautiful photography and barnstorming performances have seduced… Read More
Big Bad Wolves

When the decapitated body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered, she becomes just the latest victim in a string of vicious child murders that has rocked an otherwise sleepy Israeli… Read More
Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn was just 26 years old when his debut, Pusher, caused a stir both in his native Denmark and further afield. Refn’s grim portrayal of Copenhagen’s criminal underworld… Read More
Like Someone in Love

Abbas Kiarostami continues his filmmaking sabbatical away from his Iranian homeland, which began in Tuscany with Certified Copy and now moves to Tokyo. As with many of the director’s films,… Read More
Something in the Air

In the spring of 1968, Gilles and his high school friends become increasingly caught up in the demonstrations that are turning ugly on the streets of Paris. After defacing their… Read More
Stoker & the Films of Park Chan-wook

Early on in Stoker, South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s English language debut, a series of lap dissolves shows us the identical pairs of shoes our heroine, India (played by Mia… Read More