On Cinema
Day of the junta
Political thrillers from South America
Films for free
The digital preservation of thousands of Polish feature films and documentaries is a gift to international film culture
A silent crook
The recent restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives shows that the original movie is astonishingly modern
’Verse averse
The idea that there are multiple universes and that it might be possible to “‘versejump” is surely one way of explaining the cinematic urge
Tanks a lot
“War is the original human state,” Russian directors seem to say
Sob stories
Real men have grit in their eye
Kino Kyiv
What to watch inform yourself about the rich Ukrainian cinematic tradition
Belfast boy
Christopher Silvester reviews two semi-autobiographical movies: Oscar-contender Belfast and arthouse The Souvenir
True diversity
Acting ability should matter more than “lived experience”
Awful states
Two political thrillers reveal the intimate cruelties of life under dictatorship