All articles by Matt Turner
50 key anime films
From the breakthrough of Akira in 1988, through the exquisite films of Miyazaki Hayao and others, Japanese animation has captivated audiences around the world. But anime’s history runs deeper still. Here we select 50 titles that celebrate its full, fascinating riches.
By Nick Bradshaw, Darren Ashmore and others
“If we burn, you burn with us”: a taste of Hong Kong’s protests in four films
By Matt Turner
The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now
By Alejandra Armendáriz-Hernández, Kambole Campbell and others
Scottish documentaries look to the world
By Chloe Trayner and Matt Turner
Animistic Apparatus: cinema for the spirits
By Matt Turner
Reclaiming failure: Zia Anger’s My First Film performance
By Matt Turner
Art within the machine: how machinima turns the camera on videogames
By Matt Turner
Can a documentary festival help open up Central Asia?
By Matt Turner
Los Otros: building an experimental film community in the Philippines
By Matt Turner
The fabric of freedom: Laura Huertas Millán’s ethnographic filmmaking
By Matt Turner
Nathaniel Dorsky’s Arboretum Cycle: the photosynthesis of film
By Matt Turner
Film highlights of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
By Kelli Weston, Ben Nicholson and others
SLEEPCINEMAHOTEL: Apichatpong curates our dreams in Rotterdam
By Matt Turner