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F or Ralph Fiennes’ character chef Slowik in Mark Mylod’s The Menu, revenge is a dish best served on a crescent of edible puce foam and with an air-fried chicory wafer…

I n a green, rural backwater of Costa Rica, middle-aged Clara (Wendy Chinchilla Araya) is in arrested development. She lives in a secluded forest with her hyper-religi…

B etween the persisting pandemic, the hyperspeed death of Twitter, the annual return of the cold, and the constant political shake-ups that only seem to leave us worse…

C inema is rooted in the exploration — and manipulation — of memory. This notion feels ever true in Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut Aftersun, a quietly devastating …

I n a 1980 interview on televangelist Jim Bakker’s network, presidential candidate Ronald Regan claimed “We may be the generation that sees Armageddon.” He was referri…

H ow does one say goodbye to a memory? By unearthing its immense power, typically tucked away in a fragment of a whole, and letting the camera roll. Scottish director …

F rom The Favourite to Dickinson, anachronism has become a popular trope of the post-millennium period piece, where 18th-century Queen’s parties are soundtracked by …

Panos H Koutras is something of a poster boy for Greek cinema outsiders. His absurdist style has produced original art that elevates seldom-herd voices: a powerhouse t…

A Bunch of Amateurs, the latest documentary by Kim Hopkins, opens with a quote by Susan Sontag – “If cinephilia is dead, then movies are dead too”. At a time where fi…

I I 2018’s Black Panther , when T’Challa meets his deceased father, King T’Chaka, in the ancestral plane, he mournfully professes, “I am not ready to be without you”. …

T okyo International Film Festival currently isn’t a name that comes to mind when thinking of the major global cinema events. Europe and North America leave Asian fest…