Matin Cheung
Reviews: 35
Other Articles: 7
Jaume Claret Muxart
‘I think cinema has its own kind of time’. We speak with the Catalan filmmaker about his cinematic influences, his debut feature, and his approach to cinema
24th KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival Dispatch
The atypical side of auteur in this selection of works from Andrzej Wajda
Departures
Funny, painful, and sharply recognisable breakup film about the emotional traps created by straight-ish love
Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Dispatch
Matin Cheung casts his eye over four offerings from the recent Glasgow Film Festival
Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 Dispatch
Impressive series of films dealing with trauma makes the ordinary extraordinary
Hassan Nazer
‘It’s not about the political, it’s about the social issue,’ We talk Kiarostami, permission, and Iran with the director of Without Permission
Alice Winocour
‘We were creating [the character] with different aspects of our personalities’. The director of Couture tells us about sharing experiences with Angelina Jolie to create the movie’s protagonist
The Richest Woman in the World
An ambitious premise reduced to melodramatic clichés
Palestine 36
An earlier occupation provides a sweeping historicity but lacks the texture of more intimate works on Palestine
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Despatch
Reviewer Matin Cheung reports from a varied EIFF
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
The magic of live theatre exemplified by an almost full nude clown
Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x)
Jade Franks’s play on social class is sharp, funny and painfully true
DYKE Systems Ltd
Messy, sharp, and unexpectedly touching with an exuberantly queer finale
Paul Williams: Don’t Look at Me
Lighthearted Fringe delight from the star of Taskmaster New Zealand