Fox Searchlight Pictures
An Anderson shot is distinct, from its colour palette to its framing, which is why his style is easy to mimic.
Focus Features
Anderson’s film style is being rolled out across cultural and geographic borders. This syncs with the filmmaker’s affinity for global cinema.
Striking workers picket outside of Warner Bros. Studios on the second day of the Hollywood writers strike on May 3, 2023, in Burbank, Calif.
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The writers strike lays bare all the ills of working on one of the lowest rungs of the entertainment industry.
ACMI’s Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion.
Eugene Hyland Photography
Stars we ordinarily think of as goddesses are showcased, but the show also asks audiences to rethink what a ‘goddess’ might be.
Nicolas Cage as Dracula in Renfield (2023).
Courtesy of Universal
Renfield attempts to remodel the vampire movie to 21st century specifications.
A memorial to Grenfell victims in west London.
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If there were any doubts about the destruction caused by the fire on 14th June 2017, then Steve McQueen’s film reveals its true desolation.
Nintendo and Universal Studios
The game that’s all about jumping comes alive in a film where the story is secondary to celebrating decades of Mario.
Lionsgate
Revenge narratives share well-recognised tropes: a murder, a ghost, madness, a stronger enemy and a vengeful hero. Each John Wick film honours these elements.
Eaton, also the first woman to head a Hollywood script department, tried to create sympathetic racialized characters and to depict interracial relationships, but these efforts were often rejected.
(Mary Chapman)
A team of scholars is digitizing the scripts of Eaton, the Montréal-born daughter of a Chinese mother and an English silk importer father.
Sony Pictures
Supernatural horror film The Pope’s Exorcist fictionalises Amorth’s exorcism ministry, adding in a centuries-old Vatican cover up for good measure.
A sentinel droid features in the film Before We Disappear.
AlbinoMosquito Productions Ltd
A new film changes its story based on the emotions expressed by the viewer.
Hundreds of thousands of hours of broadcasting history are available for the first time.
National Library of Wales
The Wales Broadcast Archive in Aberystwyth brings together the archives of the BBC, ITV and S4C under one roof.
Michelle Yeoh accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ at the Oscars on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Despite increasing use of non-English languages demonstrating broader acceptance of linguistic diversity in a globalized world, films sometimes suggest associations between ‘foreignness’ and villainy.
Guillermo del Toro poses backstage with his Oscar.
Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S
Del Toro’s Pinocchio stands out because it couples existential issues with real-world historical catastrophes.
Paul Mescal as Calum in Aftersun.
Courtesy of A24
The synth and strings signature of Oliver Coates’ score are combined with the isolated vocals of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury to haunting effect.
Chloe Zhao won the Best Director Oscar for Nomadland in 2021.
Chris Pizzello/POOL/EPA
Awards aren’t just about improving chances in the eyes of funders – the recognition of an award can mean the difference between stopping and continuing.
Jennifer Coolidge and Eddie Thomas in American Pie (1999).
AJ Pics / Alamy Stock Photo
The milf’s appeal lies in their sexual confidence, agency and knowledge – qualities particularly attractive to young men stuck between childhood independence and adult autonomy.
Kerry Condon filming for The Banshees of Inisherin in Ireland.
Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
How tax breaks, financial investment and Pierce Brosnan contributed to Ireland’s domination of the 2023 Academy Award nominations.
The poster for Quantumania.
Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniafinds itself charged with not only kick starting Marvel’s Phase 5, but also shaking the MCU’s audience out of their franchise fatigue.
Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault in Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
We are told that Magic Mike’s show is a “zombie apocalypse of repressed desire”, yet we don’t hear from the “zombies” themselves.