‘Ashes and Diamonds’: The Polish movie championed by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola
Hard to argue with the greats.
World Cinema
‘Little Nemo’: The cult favourite that almost paired George Lucas and Hayao Miyazaki
A dream team if ever there was one.
‘Maundy Thursday’: Korean cinema’s death row drama
There’s always some kind of light at the end of the tunnel.
The continued excellence of Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A singular vision that’s yielded constant success.
Youssef Chahine: the revolutionary artistry of Egypt’s most famous filmmaker
A trailblazer who earned international recognition and respect.
‘The Saragossa Manuscript’: the bizarre Polish film Jerry Garcia called a favourite
An unusual literary adaptation.
Wakaliwood: the legendary film studio that grew out of a Ugandan slum
No genre stones have been left unturned.
Exploring Jacques Tourneur’s special takes on genre filmmaking
Disproving that genre fare can’t be the realm of an auteur.
Jamie Uys: South Africa’s most quintessential filmmaker
A figurehead of the nation’s cinematic evolution.
Radu Jude: the director who transformed Romanian political cinema
One of the country’s era-defining talents.