All articles by Leigh Singer
Post-lockdown laughs: comedies in the age of COVID
Being stuck together. Being far apart. The new normals of lockdown have inspired affecting comedy in two films at this year’s festival, says programme advisor Leigh Singer.
By Leigh Singer
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything is more than just a nostalgia-fest
By Leigh Singer
The French Dispatch pens a lavishly Andersonian love letter to journalism
By Leigh Singer
Mothering Sunday loosens the corset of the English heritage drama
By Leigh Singer
Hit the Road packs humour and heartbreak into an oddball Iranian family’s SUV
By Leigh Singer
Death to 2020 puts our torments in the rear-view mirror
By Leigh Singer
Falling contemplates the pains of growing old gracelessly
By Leigh Singer
From Come and See to William Eggleston: 7 visual influences on County Lines
By Leigh Singer
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is another dose of superbly executed chaos in America’s heartlands
By Leigh Singer
Craig Roberts: 5 visual influences on my film Eternal Beauty
By Leigh Singer
La dolce vita: unlocking the images in Fellini’s visual feast
By Leigh Singer
Portraits of young women on fire: Céline Sciamma on female art, identity and intimacy
By Leigh Singer
Dev Patel on playing David Copperfield: “There wasn’t a version of this story that related to young Dev”
By Leigh Singer
“The story is the least interesting part”: Armando Iannucci on adapting David Copperfield
By Leigh Singer
Gotta film dance! The evolution of the movie musical – a video essay
By Leigh Singer
Gotta film dance! The evolution of the movie musical – a video essay
By Leigh Singer
Three to see at LFF if you like... British comedies
By Leigh Singer
Asterix: the Secret of the Magic Potion review: this reboot retains the Gaulish charm
By Leigh Singer
Blackface, whitewashing and the grey zone – a two-part video inquiry
By Leigh Singer
“A glorious and ridiculous ride”: Steve Sullivan on excavating Frank and the Chris Sievey story
By Leigh Singer
Us review: Jordan Peele raises the damned
By Leigh Singer
The Day Shall Come first look: Chris Morris, where is thy sting?
By Leigh Singer