Films let you spend two hours inside someone else’s life, often in a place you may never visit. World cinema shows daily routines, family structures, humor and conflicts that news reports and travel guides rarely capture. “The one-inch barrier of subtitles” When Parasite won the Golden Globe for best foreign-language film in 2020, director Bong … Read more
Film festivals are where many careers begin and where many films find their audience. They screen new work, bring together buyers and critics, and give smaller films a visibility they would rarely get otherwise. The major festivals What festivals do Are they still necessary? With streaming and online platforms, some argue that festivals matter less. … Read more
Films are made by people living in a particular time and place, so they inevitably reflect its values, fears and hopes. Sometimes they also change those values. Looking at cinema this way turns any film into a window on the society that produced it. A mirror of its time What could not be shown From … Read more
