On Cinema

A life in focus

Director Betrand Tavernier was able to admire both blacklisted directors and those who named names

Dear and hateful

Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema

Nollywood comes of age

Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim

Diversity season again

Chloé Zhao is the first Asian woman likely to be nominated in the Best Director category for Nomadland, says Christopher Silvester

His own best character

A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester

A pair of Czech masterpieces

Two new Czech masterpieces

Editors deserve more credit

Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation

Women directors screened out

Christopher Silvester on Mark Cousins’s latest documentary

Do mention the war

The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes

The mobster and the Method

Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester