Film can change how we see character, the body, place and time. This section follows the films, their makers and the experience of watching them, with criticism, interviews and reports that connect cinema to fashion, art and everyday life.
Bessette’s familiar looks and Runway’s lavish wardrobe are easy to recognise. The harder question is whether the clothes bring the people wearing them into focus.
Su Li-zhen keeps returning to the corridor, the stairs and the route to the noodle stall. Her dresses change; her movements remain familiar. Days pass between two similar shots.
Héloïse sees her first portrait and begins to question the painter. Sciamma places love within this exchange: how one person looks at another, and how she bears being looked at in return.
Black Dog, Whiplash and Raw all appeared at Cannes, but different organisations selected them. The section printed beside a film’s title deserves as much attention as the director’s name.