Editorial
The Journal
Notes on film, festivals and where the medium goes next. Dispatches from the people building the West London Film Festival.
A reflection on the festival so far
Two editions in, from the Chiswick Cinema to Ealing Picturehouse: the premieres, the workshops, the honest Q and As, and what we are carrying into the third edition.
A letter from our founder
Giorgia Cecconi on why the third edition matters, and the room the festival is trying to create.
What Italy still teaches the rest of cinema
From the neorealists to Sorrentino and Rohrwacher, one stubborn idea: that ordinary life, looked at closely, is worth a cinema screen.
Why small festivals matter more than ever
In an age of endless feeds and giant festivals, the boutique festival has a quieter, harder job: to put strangers in a room and let a film surprise them.
The future of cinema is a dark room full of strangers
Streaming did not kill the cinema. It reminded us what the cinema is actually for, and why the room still wins.
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