A year on from the passing of Barbados-born British director Menelik Shabazz, we asked film programmer and writer Adam Murray to share his personal connection to the director and tell us about Menelik’s lasting impact on Black British cinema.

In January 2022, we lost the great Sidney Poitier – a silver screen icon whose career spanned 60 years and paved the way for generations of Black film stars to come. We asked freelance writer, film critic and broadcaster Leila Latif to give us an overview of Poitier’s astonishing screen career.

Inspired by our Double Take weird weekend, writer and film critic Andrew Key reflects on the link between curiosity and cinema-going.

Recently screened to a sell-out audience as part of our Double Take weird weekend, lead film critic for the I Paper, Christina Newland, tells us why Céline and Julie Go Boating should be considered a masterpiece.

Ahead of the release of Talk To Me, Mayhem Film Festival's Meli Gueneau talks to us about what we can expect from the critically-acclaimed Aussie horror.