Film
The world of cinematography, set and sound design, through the lens of Wallpaper*
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Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights: our verdict is in
What to watch or not to watch – cut to the Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights
By Sophie Monks Kaufman Published
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Cyber-noia, pornography, and liberation: inside the queer sci-fi of Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang's new film, ‘UKI’, exists in two worlds simultaneously: the real world of flesh and blood, and a strange digital landscape
By Sam Moore Published
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Cannes Film Festival 2024: what to look forward to
Cannes Film Festival 2024's line-up includes new works from Yorgos Lanthimos, Francis Ford Coppola and more
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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‘What a Fantastic Machine’: new film explores the camera, pop culture and human behaviour
Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson’s new film, ‘And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine’, dissects the role of the camera in popular culture
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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Back to Black: all eyes on film-maker Sam Taylor-Johnson
Back to Black cinematographer Polly Morgan tells Wallpaper* how a shared love of French New Wave close-ups brought Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic to life
By Craig McLean Published
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Inside Nollywood: tracing Nigeria’s film history
With plans afoot for a new Lagos museum to preserve Nigeria’s film history, we hear from the collection’s curator
By Chisom Peter Job Published
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Nan Goldin documentary is a gritty tale of addiction, resilience, and battles with the Sackler family
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras chronicles acclaimed photographer Nan Goldin’s complex life, work, and tireless activism to hold power to account
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Watch JR’s poignant procession for Australia’s agricultural emergency
Released for Earth Day 2021, French artist JR’s film, Homily to Country, is an intensely human commentary on the ecological decline of the Darling/Baaka river system in south-eastern Australia
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Subkoff's slasher movie #Horror is a grisly tale of teenage cyber-bullying
By Nick Compton Last updated
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König takes over London with two new locations, and the help of Jeremy Shaw
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Sunshine State’ illuminates the cavernous halls of Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca
At Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, acclaimed artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen unveils the world premiere of the video installation, Sunshine State, staged alongside iconic works
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Laurent Grasso confronts our post-Anthropocene world on film in Shanghai
The French artist’s, Artificialis, recently dominated the nave of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Now, as the Centre Pompidou takes the project to Shanghai's West Bund Museum, we revisit our interview with the artist from December 2020
By TF Chan Last updated
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The Haas Brothers and L’Objet’s ceramic creatures tell a surreal story in Joshua Tree
Hitchhiking vessels, wandering coffee pots and sun-burnt serving bowls feature in a new film that captures the Haas L’Objet collection’s pure imagination
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Alex Prager takes us on a dystopian ride through her native Los Angeles
The artist’s latest film, Play the Wind, is an unnervingly surreal homage to her hometown featuring protagonists Dimitri Chamblas and Riley Keough
By Eva Hagberg Last updated
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Fondazione In Between Art Film: a cinematic celebration of time-based media in Venice
Beatrice Bulgari’s new foundation, championing time-based media, takes over a disused hospital with a surreal group exhibition during the Venice Biennale 2022
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Life on Mars: Tom Sachs’ space adventures captured on film
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Playing house: artist Ian Strange creates an eerie portrait of American suburbia
By Olivia Martin Last updated
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Philippe Parreno combines 20 years of footage to create ‘film of films, a seance of cinema’
The French artist premieres a new feature-length film at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam, reflecting two decades of filmmaking in the eye of the international art world
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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Anish Kapoor on myth, meaning and melancholia
British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor gets confessional for a new documentary, Under the Skin
By TF Chan Last updated
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The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix reveals his enduring impact on contemporary art
We review the new documentary, and showcase Warhol’s impact on modern culture through three artists: Deborah Kass, Jeff Koons and Glenn Ligon
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published