What defines cult movies? Is it their genre, their actors, their budget, their box-office success or failure, something else? According to Wikipedia, a cult movie is “a film with a cult following, obscure or unpopular with mainstream audiences, and often revolutionary or ironically enjoyed”. Let‟s take a...
Continue ReadingMy love affair with Korean films begun in 2010 with Chagn Dong Lee's Poetry, a film about a sixty something year old woman who finds comfort in a poetry class. It is also a film about the poetry of cinema and it's ability to allow...
Continue Readingis a phenomena. She wrote 191 drafts of I may Destroy You, her fictionalized story of sexual assault. She won a BAFTA for Chewing Gum, about a girl desperate to lose her virginity. She went to Guildhall and loved it. Even though she was told she...
Continue ReadingPlay It Safe is the best short I have seen for a long time. Airing now on Mubi, Mitch Kalisha's debut is a moving, brutal and insightful piece of cinema. Cinematographer, Jaime Ackroyd, takes us to a place with this story that grabs us and...
Continue ReadingTake a look at Tomas van Houtryve’s great video. This you have to see! 2015 ICP Infinity Awards Photojournalism: Tomas van Houtryve from MediaStorm on Vimeo. #tomasvanhoutrye #photography...
Continue ReadingEvery year has its cinematic masterpieces (and its flops). Yet, coincidence or not, some years are finer than others for film. Such was the case in 1991, the year which saw the release of such gems as The Silence of the Lambs, Boyz ‘n the Hood, Terminator...
Continue ReadingWith one foot in a world of solemn realism and the other in one of fanciful whimsy, Michel Gondry has created some of the most unique, thoughtful and playful films of the 21st century. From his English-language Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to his surreal,...
Continue ReadingThere’s nothing quite so exciting for a cinema lover as following the biggest festivals in the film world. And while Cannes may be the most glamorous, Berlin the coolest and Venice the most sophisticated, there’s something particularly thrilling about the indie festival that takes place every January...
Continue ReadingIn this digital age, the ways in which we consume film and other media are evolving. From Netflix to YouTube to Mubi and beyond, the Internet is fast becoming one of the most favoured places for finding, viewing and responding to films. Nothing will ever replace...
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