“Obviously Doctor, you’ve never been a 13-year-old girl.” (Cecilia, Virgin Suicides) Affectionately known as cinema’s favorite ‘Nepo Baby’, Sofia Coppola has come a long way from her initial appearance in her father’s iconic trilogy, The...
“I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.” ― Hayao Miyazaki It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t love Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Regardless of age, there is something profound...
“Hope is political. If you have hope then you have confidence you can change things” After 60 years of filmmaking, British filmmaker & icon Ken Loach offers what may well be his most urgent message...
I’ve always believed that cinema is not just meant to be watched but to be discussed. Since starting this podcast, Celebrating Cinema, for me at least, has been a space where we try to understand…
Movies have always been a way to understand the world around us, and so, confronted with the brutal horrors of both Hamas’s attacks on October 7th and Israel’s disproportionate slaughtering of thousands of innocent Palestinian...
For this edition of Future Frames, you can hear from our rising filmmakers who we’ll be screening at Volk’s Hotel Sunday Shorts on 10th Dec. You can buy tickets here. Bram Ruiter is a filmmaker...
For this edition of Future Frames, you can hear from our rising filmmakers who we’ll be screening at Volk’s Hotel Sunday Shorts on 10th Dec. You can buy tickets here. Rafik Opti is a filmmaker...
Passages by Ira Sachs sets the tone for the cold change in seasons – a people’s favourite that has got us all up in our feels. In conversation with Sophie, writer-director Ira candidly shares how...
Widely regarded as one of the most influential directors of our time, Martin Scorsese has made some of the most exciting cinema classics of the past 50 years. Moving through Scorsese’s filmography, we reflect on...
A rare cultural moment in cinema, the release and aftermath of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie certainly had us all talking. Sharing our experiences of watching the candy-colored ‘battle of the sexes’, we question why Barbie was...
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