In 2020, we must champion the narratives, films and creations of marginalised people – with even more vigour than that which has been afforded to straight white men for the course of cinema history. It is time to get rid of the canon’s waiting game. No more reluctance around declaring the greatness of new films. Shout that they are masterpieces […]

Diving deeper into the canon has thus far been an interesting journey. In the past five weeks, I feel as though I’ve been able to better understand justifications for the canon, or more aptly, the inevitability of there being one – in film and other art forms. Paul Schrader’s article was definitely insightful in contextualising such arguments for the canon, […]