Film

Chinese director Nanfu Wang’s newest documentary, In the Same Breath, follows the unfolding chaos, fear and misinformation of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China and the United States, beginning on New Year’s 2020. Known for One Child…

Jean-Stéphane Bron's documentary The Brain is screening as part of the IFI French Film Festival 2021. The Brain addresses the ever-nearing ethical dilemma: the fact that our advance A.I. will soon outstrip our understanding of the…

In his new documentary, Oliver Stone leads viewers on a journey that will contain exactly two phenomenons: moments of genuine shock, and moments of confusion. The shock will make you feel as though you are a more qualified…

It would, I argue, be simultaneously very dismissive and highly complimentary to describe Rebecca Hall’s Passing as a seamless translation of Nella Larsen’s novella from page to screen. That would ignore the ingenious choices made in terms…

Directed by Ting Poo and Leo Scott, the 2021 Amazon Studios documentary Val paints a self-made portrait of Val Kilmer, seen from the perspective of the thousands of hours of homemade film that Kilmer has recorded since childhood. Kilmer,…

The idea that two of the greatest players in the history of tennis could be siblings is remarkable. Not only that, but the fact that they received their training from their own father makes for an unbelievable story. What viewers may not…

The phrase "it's quality, not quantity" feels like it was invented for Petite Maman, writer-director Céline Sciamma's follow-up to her 2019 masterpiece Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Just 72-minutes-long and set almost entirely in and around…

With the new millennium, John Malkovich only became more prolific and hence better known. His first role in the 2000s was as a psychotic version of the German Expressionist director F. W. Murnau opposite Willem Dafoe's Max Shreck in Shadow…

Is there an actress of the modern era more celebrated for her daring choices and committed performances than Kristen Stewart? Certainly she has no competitors in the English speaking world, and even in wider global cinema Stewart has…

Another anniversary, another two-parter. This year, we’re covering John Malkovich. A man of many hairpieces, the legend has been acting in film since his Oscar-nominated debut Places in the Heart. He followed that on with Steven Spielberg’s…