Screen Rats

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…

“I n Korean cinema, there is Before Oldboy and After Oldboy,” US distributor Neon proclaimed when promoting the 20th anniversary theatrical re-release of Park Chan-woo…