Film
Billionaire media mogul Vincent Bolloré casts a long shadow over Cannes film festival
Politics and cinema compete at Cannes as French film giant Canal+ blacklists hundreds of industry figures who petitioned against its right-wing owner’s growing creative control.
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Oscar-winning costume designer for ‘Frankenstein’ on crafting colourful characters with Guillermo del Toro
Costume designer Kate Hawley discusses designing a cohesive, contemporary, neo-gothic world for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ and collaborating with Tiffany & Co.
Joachim Trier, the director of Oscar-winning ‘Sentimental Value’, on taking art seriously and the wounded child inside every difficult parent
From the influence of his cinematic roots to the current spotlight on Nordic film, director Joachim Trier reflects on the importance of personal narrative.
The star maker’s long game: Why casting director Nina Gold is the film industry’s new standard
She has casted ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Wolf Hall’ and ‘Hamnet’, for which she is up for an Oscar.
The Cinephile’s 2026 checklist: A Berlin icon, a Brazilian hit and the Criterion closet
From a snazzy cinema in Berlin to a company keeping physical media alive, here are three exceptional cinematic experiences from the Monocle team.
Not ready for the Games to end? Here are the films to keep your Olympic flame burning
With the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Games fast approaching, we compiled a list of classic films to keep the Olympic torch flickering in your heart a bit longer.
Why the Academy Awards should get rid of its foreign-language category
Film’s gilded night is drawing ever closer and today The Academy will shortlist the titles up for winning an Oscar come March. Brazilians, who have already been in party mode celebrating the double Golden…
Bringing Nagasaki’s ghosts to life: Kei Ishikawa on adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel
Director Kei Ishikawa teams up with Kazuo Ishiguro to adapt ‘A Pale View of Hills’, exploring memory, trauma and post-war identity in a moving retelling of Japan’s fading past.
Meet the daredevil stunt performers helping Europe’s film-making industry reach new extremes
As Spain bolsters its reputation as Europe’s top film-making hub, an academy near Barcelona is training the next generation of stunt talent in delivering on-screen action.
Hollywood is undergoing an economic revolution. Is cinema’s future on course for a plot twist?
Is Hollywood’s age of infantilisation coming to an end? Economic shifts suggest there’s cause for optimism. Cue drama.
The film festival toasting Japan’s cinematic renaissance in the Big Apple
As Japan Cuts returns for its 18th edition, director of film Peter Tatara speaks to Monocle about Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s enduring legacy and why ‘shochu’ is the toast of Manhattan this summer.
