World Cinema Archives: 02/2025

'Medusa'- the Brazilian horror movie taking on Christian authoritarianism and internalised misogyny

‘Medusa’: the Brazilian horror movie taking on Christian authoritarianism and internalised misogyny

A novel approach to an age-old problem.

Feb 14, 2025

Oscars - Academy Awards - Academy Award - Trophy - 2025

Who is the only Brazilian to win an Oscar?

And who was the first to be nominated?

Feb 11, 2025

When Kim Jong-il abducted South Korean cinema’s biggest stars

Who was the director kidnapped and forced to make propaganda movies?

Stranger than stranger-than-fiction.

Feb 9, 2025

'Bacurau'- The Brazilian movie that beats Quentin Tarantino at his own game

‘Bacurau’: The Brazilian movie that beats Quentin Tarantino at his own game

A blood-soaked horror western with political overtones.

Feb 9, 2025

From ‘Black Orpheus’ to ‘Emilia Perez,’ when will Western cinema learn to let Latin American filmmakers tell their own stories?-

From ‘Black Orpheus’ to ‘Emilia Pérez’: when will western cinema learn to let Latin American filmmakers tell their own stories?

The same story.

Feb 8, 2025

'Les Diaboliques'- the French film that laid the groundwork for the erotic thriller

‘Les Diaboliques’: the French film that laid the groundwork for the erotic thriller

A must-see classic.

Feb 3, 2025

Afire - 2023 - Christian Petzold

How Christian Petzold became the most important director you’ve never heard of

Give him an Oscar already.

Feb 1, 2025