“What I am trying to show is that, despite the changes of the times, the essential value of ‘going to the cinema’ never changes," says the Korean director. By Mathew Scott Among the joys found when ...

Merging 19th-century literature with 21st-century flair, the production reflects the harsh, hopeful duality of a world defined by devastation and wonder.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday celebrating cinema and its ability to ...

These films demonstrated an almost experimental approach to action, with creative camerawork, unorthodox editing, and unabashedly over-the-top emotions. Woo’s work was shot through with a deep ...

There are films you walk out of smiling. There are films you quote. And then, there are films you leave carrying many things.

Long before fiction, plot and performance took over the screen, cinema functioned as a record of work, movement, ritual, conflict and everyday life. Now, the history of cinema is celebrated around the ...

Pope Leo XIV told representatives of the global film industry on Saturday that cinema is far more than entertainment, calling it a vehicle capable of expressing humanity’s deepest spiritual search and ...

It usually started a few days in advance. Someone would bring it up over dinner, maybe your father, circling the newspaper, saying, "That new Amitabh film is out. Let's go this Sunday." And just like ...

There’s a scene early on in John Woo’s Bullet in the Head (1990) that remains one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever seen in a movie. Tony Leung and Fennie Yuen are having a teary-eyed breakup ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for the audience with the World of Cinema in the Vatican on Nov. 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME — Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and ...

Pope Leo XIV told representatives of the global film industry on Saturday that cinema is far more than entertainment, calling it a vehicle capable of expressing humanity’s deepest spiritual search and ...