At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans (he stern, she gentle) raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life. Lots of atmosphere, very sentimental…
Once a decade Sight & Sound asks critics to select the Greatest Films of All Time. We’re proud that, thanks to its longevity and critical reach, this poll has come to be regarded as the most trusted guide there is to the canon of cinema greats, not to mention a barometer of changing critical tastes. Famously, Citizen Kane topped our poll every decade from 1962 to 2002…
'Good Time' Tops Film Comment's Best Films of 2017 List
Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey was released today with Josh and Benny Safdie’s Good Time, Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion, and Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper taking the top spots among films released in 2017.
When you watch Dunkirk, remember that it’s a whitewashed version which ignores the bravery of black and Muslim soldiers
In my mother’s family scrapbook, there is a tiny box camera snapshot of a very young Robert staring at the Luftwaffe-smashed “mole” leading out to sea from the port of Boulogne – sixteen years after British troops evacuated under fire in May 1940 as their comrades stood on the beaches of neighbouring Dunkirk.
Why the lack of Indian and African faces in Dunkirk matters | Sunny Singh
The blockbuster purports to be a historical portrayal, but in fact it’s a whitewash. And these decisions help corrode societal attitudes, writes Sunny Singh
In Harrowing 'Detroit,' Kathryn Bigelow Mixes Brutal Facts With Fiction
A skilled director of visceral, real-world horrors, Bigelow dramatizes a 1967 incident that left 3 young black men dead at the hands of the police. The result is unflinching and effective.
Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center in Chicago
Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has created a movie documenting architect Helmut Jahn's postmodern James R Thompson Center government building in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern building from demolition.
Last Night (1998). Director - Don McKellar. The End of the World. Stars: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, David Cronenberg. Moria - The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review.
Commissioned by French production companies for the turn of the millennium.