Few real-life rags to riches stories in cinema history are as inspiring as Sylvester Stallone’s extraordinary efforts to get Rocky made. His inspiration for the germ of the screenplay and, importantly...
It takes a while to realise that there will be no dialogue in The Last Room in Hanoi. Once that little nugget sinks in, it changes how you approach the movie. With no conversations to follow, the emph...
One of the questions that almost invariably came up during school quizzes was who first conquered Mount Everest. The answer, of course, was Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The sad part is th...
Will Niava’s short film Jazz Infernal is an exploration of legacy and how one’s roots can become a burden. Something that holds you down and even cripples your ability to move forward. From the very f...
There was a time when the walk-and-walk epic was a staple of prestige cinema. A ragtag group of misfits trekking through unforgiving terrain to accomplish an impossible mission. Films like The Guns of...