Author: Sarah Foulkes

If an origins story is essentially a character study, then The Joker film should portray a more nuanced take on mental illness.

“You said that you felt alive for the first time while playing the card table. What do you want me to understand?”

Steven Soderbergh challenges the idea of ‘auteurism’.

What do we mean when we say 3D and what do we want from it?

What visual effects can tell us about realism, affect and Bazin.

An interview with up-and-coming filmmaker Zane Rubin.

The Big Sick and Obvious Child are heartwarming romantic comedies that understand our social-media era.

The Housing Crisis in ’99 Homes’ and ‘The Queen of Versailles.’

A look at why smaller films love being shot and set in the summer months.