Tagged: Film & TV

Beef Is Back: A Watch Recommendation

The countdown for Season 2 begins with a stellar new cast featuring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan.

Pixar: The Early Days

An unearthed 1996 conversation capturing Pixar before it became Pixar: all raw ambition, oddball ingenuity, and the thrill of invention.

A24 Go Back to Analogue

In a refreshingly lo-fi move, A24 dropped a new analogue collection including photobooks and movie logs that invite fans to unplug, rewind, and reconnect with physical creativity.

What Sci-Fi Can Teach Brands

Worldbuilding isn’t just for screenwriters - it’s brand strategy. From Blade Runner to Black Panther, here’s what immersive fiction reveals about storytelling at scale.

The Best Films of the 21st Century

The New York Times just dropped a beautifully designed list of the 100 most impactful films of the past two decades. Debate starts now.

Building Bluey’s World

In this deep dive, art director Catriona Drummond reveals how they carefully and beautifully built the world of Bluey, the most beloved children’s show on earth.

All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2025, Ranked from Best to Worst

The festival served up its richest edition in years, with multiple standouts among the twenty-two films in contention for the Palme d’Or.

‘Parasite’ Director’s New Film Proves Space Won’t Save Us

The Oscar-winning director’s latest film lays bare the brutal realities of capitalism and class exploitation.

'The Brutalist' AI backlash, explained

The revelation has ignited fresh conversation around the use of AI in movie production.

The High Price of Paradise in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3

The dark comedy’s latest installment is set in Thailand, where over tourism has devastating environmental—and human—consequences.

“Forger” painter for the cinema: the fascinating secrets of Edith Baudrand

A fascinating behind-the-scenes profession of which the artist Édith Baudrand – who created the paintings for the Van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018) by Julian Schnabel, Séraphine (2008) and Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe by Martin Provost (released in theaters this January 10).

Varying Portraits of Women in Top Films

This year’s Best Actress Oscar race is particularly crowded. With only five slots open, many fine performances may be edged out. Among the other front-runners are stars playing women struggling with sexuality, aging, life and death itself.

Family's homemade stop-motion Christmas film gets global streaming release

Steal The Naughty List is the four-year labour of love of an engineering dad and homeschooled teens from Mississippi. Could this be the unexpected hit of the holiday season?

Synthetic Hollywood: a future with no actors?

There's no doubt that AI will transform Hollywood. But how will an industry built on the simulation of life grapple with its responsibility to 'the real' - if at all?

Alfonso Cuarón Subverted Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Now He’s Coming for TV

Gravity, Children of Men, the best Harry Potter movie—and now a seven-part miniseries? With Disclaimer, director Alfonso Cuarón has set out to conquer TV in the name of cinema.

How Everyone Got Lost in Netflix’s Endless Library

Ten years after Silicon Valley remade TV, it’s become clear how the streaming revolution distorted our collective viewing habits — and sense of the culture.

Michel Gondry - Do It Yourself ! | ARTE Cinema

A brilliant jack-of-all-trades whose eccentric talent convinced the creative elite of international pop music to entrust him with his music videos.

Runway Partners with Lionsgate

Runway and Lionsgate are partnering to explore the use of AI in film production. This is a first-of-its-kind partnership, designed to help Lionsgate Studios, its filmmakers, directors and other creative talent augment their work using Runway’s suite of controllable tools.

The best comedy shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024

Whether you’re hitting Edinburgh for Fringe this month or looking for some future comedy show inspiration, this one is for you.

I Saw My Anxiety Reflected in ‘Inside Out 2.’ It Floored Me.

New emotions join the original gang as Riley hits puberty – and it looks like Disney have really nailed the details of how we feel.

The Dystopian Future of TV Is AI-Generated 'FAST' Garbage

TCL's new AI-generated movie "Next Stop Paris" is the next evolution in the algorithmification of TV. Brace yourself for a lot of sh*t content.

Physical media week

A dark reality is emerging - we rarely have ownership over the art we love, and much is getting lost in the process. This series explores the importance of physical media.

How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix

According to the subscription figures late last year, a young South African company has zoomed past Netflix to become Africa’s streaming platform of choice.

The Halloween 2023 StoryScream: things to play and watch this spooky season

Embrace spooky season with this curated collection of games to play and films to enjoy (or hide behind the sofa) from the Verge.

Greta Gerwig on the Blockbuster ‘Barbie’ Opening

With a $100m+ marketing budget and a record breaking opening weekend, it’s all anyone has been talking about, whether they liked it or not.

Life in plastic, it’s fantastic

EYECANDY for the love of film-making

A nicely packed up gallery of visual techniques to enjoy and learn from.

No One Wants Max’s Harry Potter TV Series

Obliviate or levitate? Harry Potter is set to get a reboot and it’s got fans divided. Potter heads, what do you think?

Why we all need subtitles

It’s not you, it’s actually harder to hear. A fun exploration into the change of sounds in movies.

The Rise of the Tech Bro Supervillain

For decades movie bad guys were easily identified by their moustaches or mwa-ha-has. These days, evil wears a hoodie.