Mark Herman, interviewed by writer Jack Denison, touches upon the evolution of cinema, frustrations with the film industry and how popcorn just doesn’t cut it anymore.
European Film Institutions call for the Freedom of Incarcerated Iranian Dissident Director Mohammad Rasoulof
Mohammad Rasoulof, director of the recent There Is No Evil, who was recently incarcerated in Iran, has gained international attention from many filmmakers and institutions since his Iranian jail sentence. Institutions such as European Film […]
The Roman Polanski Retrospective and its Moral Implications
Hannah Stokes discusses the recent retrospective held for Oscar award-winning director, Roman Polanski, and discusses the possible need to separate art from artist. This Monday, a retrospective for Roman Polanski opened at the Cinematheque Francaise […]
Waris Hussein: Groundbreaking Director
Moving from India to the UK at the age of just nine, no one could have predicted that Lucklow born Waris Hussein (1938-present) would have gone on to have such a successful and arguably ground-breaking […]
A Closer Look At… Pedro Almodóvar
If you want to educate yourself in Spanish cinema, there’s really only one name you need to know: Pedro Almodóvar. What marks him out from other directors of his age and experience is his unrelenting […]
A Closer Look At… Quentin Tarantino
With the release of his recent blockbuster; Django Unchained (2012), the legendary director, screenwriter and producer has come into the limelight once more. Tarantino is recognised as part of the cream of Hollywood’s crop of […]