Film

The filmmaker discusses the research and collaboration behind creating works like The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

In the artist’s 2024 film Oceania, queer intimacies and decolonial possibilities are depicted in luminous and contrapuntal fashion

Alain Guiraudie’s ‘Misericordia’ and Bruno Dumont’s ‘The Empire’ ask us to rethink good and evil

From James Benning’s depiction of a vanishing way of life to an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2016 novel ‘Hot Milk’

Other highlights include a documentary made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective and the return of The Libertines

Far from cold or concrete, this celebrated film pulses with raw emotion, fuelled by the passions and worldview of its creators

Halina Reijn’s latest film about a middle-aged woman’s foray into the world of BDSM, starring Nicole Kidman, feels woefully outdated

Luca Guadagnino’s new film re-envisions William S. Burroughs’s 1985 autofictional text on sexuality, desire and alienation

Choreographer Damien Jalet discusses the impact of movement in film, Emilia Pérez and earning accolades at the Cannes Film Festival

Other highlights include a dance piece based on a cannibalistic tribal community and a novel coming-of-age story

Francis Ford Coppola’s 120-million-dollar passion project reflects his singular creative control, for better and worse

Other picks include Dionne Brand’s latest non-fiction exploration of intergenerational memory and the long-running London Review Bookshop podcast

The author’s latest book, documenting an attempt to revive an abandoned cinema in Hungary, teases out the magic charm of film

By foregoing a meaningful environmental message, the disaster film sequel risks being just another unnecessary remake

Other highlights include an epistolary novel by Hannah Regel and the indie horror film 'I Saw the TV Glow'

An interview with the filmmaker on how to reconfigure our relationship with siren sounds away from catastrophe towards collectivity and care

A new film sees the director pursing the Huawei controversy and the potential ‘threat’ of 5G technology

Other highlights include Calla Henkel’s second novel and an awards season film podcast by Vanity Fair

At this year’s Berlinale, the queen of electroclash proves why she’s still a badass raconteur of the crass and libidinous

The Greek documentarian on trust, Adam Szymczyk and looking beyond the media scandal