Nuri Bilge Ceylan and the Fallacy of Slow Cinema Patrick Nabarro November 28, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight “Are we losing interest in everyday life?” says one young librarian to another in Kogonada’s superb Columbus – one of the finest films to hit UK cinemas this year. The comment comes at the end of an...
Is Hirokazu Koreeda The Most Underrated Director Around? L D June 1, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Although Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda has been working for decades, and although his films have been celebrated across the festival circuit, he is not yet a household name. That kind of international...
Cinema Stories: Our Writers’ Favourite Ever Screenings Tom Bond May 19, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off Watching films at home has its own charm. It's a comfortable experience, and one you have complete control over. But there's nothing quite like seeing a film on the big screen, in a room full of other people,...
What Are You Looking At: A New Age of Aspect Ratios? Tom Bond March 25, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 1 Comment What are you looking at? A laptop, a tablet, a smartphone? Whatever you’re reading these words on, it’s probably a rectangle, framing the text and the images and this article in a standard space. This...
