Screen Rats

S ince his impressive debut feature Weekend, Andrew Haigh has quietly built a fine body of work that positions him as one of the best British filmmakers working today.…

M ichael Mann first floated the idea of creating a film about racing legend Enzo Ferrari over 20 years ago – back then it was an idea he discussed with Sydney Pollack.…

T he shadow of Augusto Pinochet looms large in Chile. The dictator has now been dead for as long as he ruled the country, but his legacy informs every aspect of Chilea…

T he BFI London Film Festival will be rolling into town on 4 October, and this 67th edition has the potential to be one of the most exciting yet. Emerald Fennell’s Sa…

A s summer stretches onwards, basketball fans around the world hit the midpoint of the NBA’s torturously long offseason. Thankfully, The First Slam Dunk has arrived to…

“W atching him is like watching a raccoon rummage through garbage cans. What is he gonna do now? Why look at anything else, while this is going on?” This was John C Re…

W e all know the story of how Steven Spielberg’s 1975 box office hit Jaws was the birth of the movie blockbuster, closely followed by George Lucas’ Star Wars in 1977…

L ouis Garrel no longer needs an introduction. Son of celebrated arthouse director Philippe and an established actor in his own right, he has been a constant presence …

W henever my mum complains about “all these new technologies” as she calls them or how she has to keep up with her phone all the time, I find myself reminding her that…

‘M om, Dad…I’m a thespian!’ reads Rebecca-Diane’s bumper sticker in Theater Camp, an ensemble production directed by Molly Gordon (pulling double duty as an actor too)…

S ince bursting onto the scene in 2017 with his piercing turn in Eliza Hittman’s Beach Rats , Harris Dickinson has been carving out a career as one of the most promisi…

C harlotte Regan has long been a promising talent on the shorts and music video circuit, and makes the leap to features with Scrapper – a charming, effervescent story …

O ne of the most anticipated titles from this year’s Berlin Film Festival competition slate came from German auteur Christian Petzold, who reunites with actress Paula …

M ost of us purposefully ignore memories of our angsty teenage years, but some episodes are harder to forget than others. Released in 2003, Catherine Hardwicke’s Thirt…

T he word ‘quirky’, flung wantonly at things people consider a bit hokey but inoffensive, often seems like a veiled insult – generally I flee from it, hissing like a w…

W ith the release of Theatre Camp in cinemas, and Disney+ having just ended its longest-running show, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (based on the belove…