Before Sunrise follows two passengers who meet on a train. Jesse, an American travelling around Europe, and Celine, who is travelling back to Paris. A German couple is arguing in their carriage, prompts Celine to move to a seat across from Jesse. This encounter leads to them talking throughout their train journey. Most of their…

La Haine is a French, black and white film set in the banlieue. It follows three men, Vinz, Saïd and Hubert, 24 hours after riots sparked by police brutality. Each character embodies a different response to social exclusion, through their contrasting views and reactions. La Haine highlights the fractured identities of each of the protagonists…

All I have to do is whisk the egg, pour in the sugar and add the flour. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees. I put the tray in and wait 35 minutes. 20 minutes in, it is not rising. The women on the TV say it should be rising by now. I take out the…

Tom Ford’s A Single Man offers an intimate portrait of George, a man navigating the quiet devastation of life after the loss of his partner Jim, eight months earlier. The film unfolds over the course of a single day that George has meticulously chosen to be his last. What he believes will be a controlled,…