Who Are You, Ms. Chantal Akerman?
June 5, 2023On her would-be 73rd Birthday, we do a deep dive on the artistry and immortality of Chantal Akerman.
Film
A Love Letter to ‘Love Jones’
May 22, 2023Haaniyah Angus pens an appreciation for Theodore Witcher's 1997 cult-classic romance.
Ethan Coen: Sex And Movies And Sex And Sex
May 22, 2023Filmmaker Ethan Coen talks new film Drive-Away Dykes and writes a personal ode to sex (and sex, and sex) on the movie screen.
The Greatest Love of All: Movies
May 22, 2023Cinephile and veteran film critic Jason Solomons talks about the one true love of his life: movies.
The Temptations and Taboos of Luis Buñuel
May 22, 2023We explore the sexual surrealism in the films of iconic auteur Luis Buñuel.
Mike Nichols: A Prince of Motion Pictures
May 22, 2023The iconic director Mike Nichols gets an up close and personal essay on his life both on and off the screen.
A Man and a Woman: The Ultimate Romance Film
May 22, 2023We return to Claude Lelouch’s seminal 1966 classic—observing its portrayal of romance and impact on French culture.
Cosmic Love in “Á bout de souffle”
May 22, 2023Luke Georgiades offers a different perspective of love in Jean-Luc Godard's A bout de souffle.
The Love Asylum: Cinema’s Erotic Obsessive Muse
May 22, 2023We dissect cinema's troubled history with vulnerable female characters—and looks to a brighter solution.
Rudolph Valentino: The Original Latin Lover
May 22, 2023Peter Bradshaw looks into the rise, fall and untimely death of the 1920's silent film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino.
Love and Tragedy In The Realm of The Senses
May 22, 2023We unpack the story behind Nags Oshima's erotic arthouse masterpiece, and the gruesome murder it was inspired by.
The King and The Queen: The Wild Love of Clark Gable and Carol Lombard
May 22, 2023The tragic romance of the two of the most graceful lovers to ever be immortalised in Hollywood's silver screen...
The Art of Selling Sex: The Erotic Film Poster
May 22, 2023Our graphic design specialist Jonas Zieher is back to untie the art of the erotic movie poster.
The Essential British Romance
May 22, 2023Stretching over a hundred years, we present the very best of British romance films.
Tropical Malady: On Mythos and Metamorphosis
May 12, 2023Alex Clark dives deep on Apichatpong Weerasethakul's spiritual rumination on love and transformation: Tropical Malady.
Beau Is Afraid is an anxiety attack run wild
May 10, 2023Hannah Ghorashi reviews Ari Aster's polarising new feature...
Air (ball): Forgettable sports biopic gives Jordan the bench
April 11, 2023Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunite to tell the story of Nike's partnership with Michael Jordan, but they can't quite land the shot.
This Year’s Oscars saw the Academy Return to its Roots
March 13, 2023Everything Everywhere All At Once made history last night as the Academy celebrated a year of fantastic filmmaking.
A Rabbit’s Foot Present their Definitive Oscar Ballot
March 8, 2023We pick our favourites to win at this year's Academy Awards!
POWER OF FILM: A Rabbit’s Foot Event Explores Love For The Moving Image
March 4, 2023A Rabbit's Foot brought a masterclass to the Royal Institute for a two-day celebration of film.
Femininity Takes The Screen as Miu Miu Celebrate Their ‘Women’s Tales’
February 24, 2023The luxury fashion house celebrated the latest entry in their 'Women's Tales' short film series with a day of screenings and conversation.
Inside Charles Finch’s star-studded BAFTA party
February 20, 2023Take a glimpse into the glamorous event that ushers in the exciting third act of awards season.
Skinamarink: where’d the meat go? A ‘horror’ stripped to its bare form
February 22, 2023Visually arresting (or simply unique), Skinamarink is a promising horror that's more style over substance.
Spike Lee, Malcolm X, and The Radicalism of Black Joy On-Screen
February 9, 2023As Malcolm X celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, we reflect on Lee’s powerful career as a filmmaker affecting black representation.
Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s Last Action Hero
February 9, 2023With Top Gun: Maverick breaking box-office records in 2022, ARF explores the star power of Tom Cruise, Hollywood's last bonafide movie star.
M3gan: Campy Horror Meets the Zeitgeist in Newest Addition to the Killer-Doll Genre
January 20, 2023Although somewhat predictable, M3gan's GenZ take on the horror trope is sure to delight old and new fans.
Aftersun: A Quiet Masterpiece
January 18, 2023Charlotte Wells' debut is a quietly moving act of imaginative empathy.
What’s Love Got To Do With it?: Jemima Khan debuts a fun and smart culture-clash rom-com
March 16, 2023Inspired by her own experience seeing arranged marriages in Pakistan, Jemima Khan's screenplay has a lot to love—especially for those curious about life beyond Tinder.
Capturing Nan Goldin
February 9, 2023Nan Goldin is the subject of Laura Patrois' powerful documentary on the photographer's incredible life.
The Opening Credits: How Poster Artwork Tells a Story of its Own
February 9, 2023Graphic designer and Creative Director Jonas Zieher explains the nuanced art and science of the movie poster.
William Holden: The Accidental Activist
April 3, 2023Sam Murphy explores the enigma of the Oscar-winning William Holden: an iconic, yet reclusive, actor little known for his conservation work in Africa.
Making the March on Rome
February 9, 2023Filmmaker Mark Cousins analyses how fascist propaganda gripped Italian cinema
Winston Churchill at the Movies
February 9, 2023A best-selling Churchill biographer explains how the British prime-minister always made time to appreciate movies.
Forget what you’ve heard: Babylon is the Oscar’s biggest snub yet
January 26, 2023Damien Chazelle's cinematic masterclass is the best blockbuster of the year to barely make any money at all.
Decision To Leave: A Visual Spectacular that Thrives in Sensuality
October 12, 2022Luke Georgiades reviews Korean maestro Park Chan-wook's highly anticipated latest, a visual odyssey of paranoid sensuality...
Women Talking: Nuanced exploration of solidarity in the face of injustice
October 24, 2022Writer and founder of the Kino Film Club Sabrina Raven explores Sarah Polley's old-school yet defiant "Women Talking"
The Whale: Morbidly optimistic, Brendan Fraser’s comeback is hearstopping drama
February 5, 2023Brendan Fraser's much touted comeback has seen standing ovations in Cannes - but how does the movie hold up?
Fellini’s Dreams
September 1, 2022Our Rome correspondent Alain Elkann reminisces on Fellini’s Rome and his encounters with the director…including in his sleep.
On Vittorio De Sica
September 1, 2022The Guardian's chief film critic Peter Bradshaw pens his thoughts on the great director Vittorio De Sica
The Legacy Of La Dolce Vita
September 1, 2022La Dolce Vita is Fellini’s masterpiece, and perhaps the most famous Italian film of all time. In his essay, Jonathan Romney looks at the movie’s prestige over time, as well as the addictively glamorous world it depicts.
A Memory of Cinema Paradiso
September 1, 2022Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso is one of the great love letters to cinema. Here, our online editor Luke Georgiades shares a love letter to Tornatore’s film.
A Personal Account Of ‘The Dollars Trilogy’
September 1, 2022Gretchen Heffernan gives us her personal perspective on Sergio Leone's classic 'Dollars Trilogy'
Holy Spider: Iranian Thriller Untangles a Delicate Web of Misogyny
January 24, 2023Director Ali Abbasi captures Iran's 'Serial Killer Society' in this gripping take on true-crime events.
A Fistful Of Absurdity
September 1, 2022Jason Diamond explores absurdity in the films of Sergio Leone...
The 79th Venice Film Festival: A Watchlist
August 11, 2022The twenty-four films vying for the Golden Lion this year – and the ten we think are the ones to watch
No Escape: Memories in Time in Chris Marker’s La Jetée
May 12, 2022Chris Marker’s La Jetée is a masterclass in the evocation of memory, argues Luke Georgiades.
Louis Malle, Damage and the Erotic Thriller
May 26, 2022Peregrine Kitchener-Fellowes explores Louis Malle's Damage, the controversial film from the director of Goodbye, Children and Elevator to the Gallows.
A Note on Paris, 13th District
May 26, 2022Writer Julien Planté brings his perspective on Jacques Audiard's Paris, 13th District
The Mark of Clouzot’s Le Corbeau
May 12, 2022Writer Natasha A. Fraser looks at the history of Clouzot’s Le Corbeau, and how the accusatory letters would transcend into French public life.
The Glorious Fluidity of Shortbus
July 18, 2022John Cameron Mitchell's boundary-pushing sex-comedy remains a refreshing ode to fluidity.
Luchino and the Leopard
September 1, 2022Luchino Visconti was full of paradoxes. Here, Peregrine Kitchener-Fellowes investigates the man behind The Leopard.
Marrakech Film Festival: Winners & Highlights
November 21, 2022For the 19th edition of the Marrakech film festival, discover this year's line up, the best in show and much more.
Memories of Claire’s Knee
May 26, 2022British film director Damian Harris explores the influence of Claire’s Knee on his life and work.
The Fighter: Jane Fonda’s Activism
January 30, 2023An icon for not only cinema but social causes, Jane Fonda has never backed down from a fight.
Matthew Modine On Paths of Glory
May 12, 2022Offering his unique insight, Matthew Modine shares an essay on his memories of working with Kubrick, Paths of Glory, and Full Metal Jacket.
Morricone: A Reluctant Genius
September 1, 2022Ennio Morricone made some of the most memorable scores in film history, but his relationship to his art could be complicated, writes Jason Solomons.
Now Playing Everywhere: How to Build a Global Cinema
May 12, 2022The CEO and founder of intellectual streaming service MUBI shares how he projected his love for cinema into our living rooms.
On Le soleil et l’éclipse, Françoise Dorléac
May 26, 2022Virginie Mouzat looks into the under-appreciated magic of Francois Dorleac.
On Paths of Glory
May 12, 2022Offering his unique insight, Matthew Modine shares an essay on his memories of working with Kubrick, Paths of Glory, and Full Metal Jacket.
On Paul Gegauff
May 12, 2022Journalist Alison Boshoff explores the dark enigma of Paul Gegauff, the lesser-known archetype for some of French cinema’s most troubled characters.
On The Battle of Algiers’ Enduring Influence
February 9, 2023Actor Matthew Modine discusses the lesson in the horrors of colonisation, and a gripping realisation of what happens when the people fight back.
Real Love: Cinema Paradiso
September 2, 2022Allegra Handelsman writes of love in Guiseppe Tornatore's iconic Cinema Paradiso...
Retuning T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
February 9, 2023A pandemic project, Ralph Fiennes challenged himself to commit T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets to memory.
Seven Lessons From Pier Paolo Pasolini
September 1, 2022Director and writer Mark Cousins opens up on the ways that Pier Paolo Pasolini changed his life, in this emotional, deeply personal essay.
Shaden Adela: Confessions Of A '99
August 4, 2022The writer-director waxes on conceiving the Soho Film Club, a formative experience dating a cinephile, and Pedro Almodovar...
The Banshees of Inisherin: Gleeson and Farrell's Existential Break-Up is a Joy to Watch
November 9, 2022McDonagh's deeply existential film delights with lyrically Irish comedy.
The Eternal Daughter: Beauty and Bloodshed in Mother/Daughter Relationships
October 18, 2022Tilda Swinton is luminous in Joanna Hogg’s dizzying country house ghost story
The French Holiday Flick
May 26, 2022A travelogue through the south of France, the summertime muse of Cinema Francais.
The Forgotten Visionaries of Early French Cinema
May 12, 2022Godfrey Daniel's takes us on a tour of 'firsts' through French Cinema History
The Formative Years of Cosima Spender
September 1, 2022Filmmaker Cosima Spender reflects on the uniquely bohemian childhood and Tuscan home that shaped her creative endeavours.
The Hidden Charms of Sophia Loren
September 1, 2022Writer Natasha A. Fraser explores how Sophia Loren won over Hollywood.
The Hidden Politics of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
February 9, 2023Reeling from a hangover, guest-writer Allegra Handelsman uncovers the politics of sci-fi godfather Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 'Metropolis'
The Manifesto: French Issue
May 26, 2022The past is forever, but the future of cinema and the arts remains one of optimism and fantasy. As the world changes — as unexplored subjects are brought closer to the lens — filmmakers, actors, and creatives in France are emerging with perspectives that have the power to change their society. This is their manifesto. Their J’Accuse; a call to arms, a rousing spark for their beloved metiers.
The Manifesto: Italian Issue
September 1, 2022The young artists of Italian Cinema offer us their personal manifestos...
The Open Ending
September 1, 2022The author Ilaria Bernardini forged a close bond with the director Bernardo Bertolucci before he passed away. She recounts their friendship and professional relationship in this poignant essay.
Black Adam: Another Muddling Superhero Mess
November 11, 2022The verdict's in: Welcome To The Jungle is still The Rock's best movie.
The Square: Told Through the Lens of the Revolutionaries
February 9, 2023A Rabbit's Foot interviews the documentary makers of The Square - and look at the troubled Egyptian history they became embroiled in.
Nicolas Saada on François Truffaut
May 12, 2022The writer-director reflects on his life-long love for the French New Wave master.
Jean Renoir and La Règle du jeu: a Legendary Filmmaker, a Film with a Legend
May 26, 2022King’s College professor and film academic Ginette Vincendeau on the life and times of Jean Renoir.
A Journey of Doubt: Edward Berger on All Quiet on the Western Front
February 9, 2023Director Edward Berger talks making his Best Picture nominated anti-war masterpiece.
Easy Rider and the Counterculture
January 31, 2023The Guardian’s film critic explores how Easy Rider became the movie of the sixties counterculture.
Ennio Morricone: A Reluctant Genius
September 1, 2022Ennio Morricone made some of the most memorable scores in film history, but his relationship to his art could be complicated, writes Jason Solomons.
Glenda Jackson: The Double Academy Award Winning Politician
February 9, 2023The story of how Glenda Jackson went from a lauded actress, to an influential politician...and back again.
