Sean Baker’s career from hardscrabble indie director to Oscar winner has been anything but easy: we have the deep dive on Anora’s unlikely success.
The Sean Baker Project
Category: Sketches
Sweet and earnest dives into the bowels of cinema.
Proving Humanity in the World of I’m Not a Robot
Oscar-nominated short I’m Not a Robot examines the line between humanity and identity, exploring the illusion of control with humour and precision.
Notes on a Scandal: How Fan Armies Are Reshaping Film Culture
The Emilia Pérez controversy is the latest example of how fan armies drive the discourse during awards season, reshaping the film world in the process.
Move the Berlinale To Charlottenburg
The Berlinale is in a vibe crisis. Here’s how moving the festival to Charlottenburg would make it fun again.
Wolf Man. Toxic Lycanthropy.
Universal Remake their classic horror movie The Wolf Man to diminishing returns in Leigh Whannell’s weak follow-up to The Invisible Man.
No Mercy, or We Need More Fog Machines
The 1986 Richard Gere star vehicle No Mercy shows that all a movie needs is a girl and a gun. And lots of fog machines.
The Accidental President. Strength Through Vulnerability.
With unfettered access, The Accidental President paints a deeply human portrait of Belarus’ reluctant opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Samsara, Seeing Without Seeing
Lois Patiño’s Samsara is a truly unique cinematic experience, asking if you can watch a movie without having to actually open your eyes.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 19th Century Russian Novelist
With About Dry Grasses, his latest three-hour-plus study of a superfluous man, Nuri Bilge Ceylan keeps the spirit of classic Russian literature alive.
Master Gardener. Master(ful) Filmmaking.
Paul Schrader finds a more tender angle on his tried-and-tested formula in the touching Master Gardener, completing his most recent trilogy.