Like Do the Right Thing and Bamboozled before it, Spike Lee’s film is a wake up call to white America.
Susan Seidelman’s debut feature is an unflinching portrait of the city’s underground scene.
By Anton Bitel
Akio Jissôji’s celebrated – and controversial – This Transient Life boldly challenges social convention.
By Simon Bland
The writer/director reflects on the making of her cherished Tokyo love story.
By Tom Bond
In BlacKkKlansman, the director dramatises real-life events in order to make his point.
The show’s depiction of the rare hair pulling disorder trichotillomania hit very close to home.
BlacKkKlansman is the latest ‘Spike Lee Joint’ to feature a powerful, thought-provoking epilogue.
By Matt Turner
Steven Eastwood’s Island follows four terminally ill people across the final year of their lives.
By Katie Goh
This overlooked classic pioneered an entire subgenre of films about women living in the big city.
A smorgasbord of international cinematic treasures was on offer at this year's festival.
By Robert Blair
With the rights to the property having reverted back to series creator Frank Miller, we could be set for a return to Basin City.
By Luís Azevedo
Luís Azevedo serves up some of the strangest and more stomach-turning food moments in cinema history.
By James Clarke
Walter Hill’s under-appreciated historical drama reminds us how powerful Hollywood cinema can be.
By Adam Scovell
The British filmmaking pair’s 1948 masterpiece is an elegant ballet of myth and fairy tale.
It may look like your average YA fodder, but there’s something sinister lurking beneath the surface of this supernatural drama.
Our complex relationship with technology came under the spotlight at this year’s festival.
This messy, invariably entertaining cinematic staple can represent anarchy, revenge and sexual release.
By Chloe Smith
Ben Lewin’s 2017 film allowed me to better understand my condition and myself.
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