All articles by Simran Hans
“We gave them too much power”: how Rocks became a gem by giving its young cast license to shine
A joyous but gritty tale of young female friendship in inner-city London, Rocks did away with the usual chains of filmmaking command, with director Sarah Gavron and writers Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson enabling the cast of teenage girls to tell their story in their own honest way.
By Simran Hans
Vanishing directors: five of the best films at IDFA 2019
By Simran Hans
Jordan Peele on Us: “I knew I was gonna forge new ground in the pantheon of doppelganger tales”
By Simran Hans
The Souvenir first look: Joanna Hogg’s potent self-portrait as a young artist
By Simran Hans
Honey Boy first look: Shia LaBeouf unearths his own childhood trauma
By Simran Hans
High Life first look: Claire Denis floats Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson in mortal space
By Simran Hans
Widows first look: Steve McQueen steals the heist genre
By Simran Hans
Podcast: Six highlights of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
By Kelli Weston, Sophie Brown and others
Breaking the silence: Hot Docs 2018 addresses the #MeToo moment
By Simran Hans
The best of Berlinale 2018 – the awards and our critics’ picks
By Geoff Andrew, Patrick Gamble and others
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. review: troubles of a pop tiger
By Simran Hans
Grass review: Hong Sangsoo explores the art of (writing about) conversation
By Simran Hans
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot review: Gus Van Sant charts John Callahan’s winding road to redemption
By Simran Hans
Black Film, British Cinema 2017: from representation to radicalism
By Simran Hans
Screening it for themselves: young DIY British film programmers
By Simran Hans
Manchester by the Sea review: on the waves of grief
By Simran Hans
“Please stop this talent drain”: David Oyelowo’s plea for British film diversity
By Simran Hans
Nocturnal Animals review: Tom Ford gets his junk on
By Simran Hans
Moonlight first-look review: masculinity, differently
By Simran Hans
10 great films by really young directors
By Alex Davidson, Samuel Wigley and others
Innocence of Memories: ‘We had the Lonely Planet, but Orhan Pamuk was my guide to Istanbul’
By Simran Hans