The Story of Film: A New Generation

Film critic and documentarian Mark Cousins returns to his long running Story of Film project with a new chapter dedicated to the cinematic innovators of the 21st Century. Drawing on a broad range of examples from around the world and across every genre, he expertly interrogates key sequences to reveal the new ideas which are extending the language of cinema. From Frozen to Cemetery of Splendour, The Act of Killing to Lover’s Rock, cinema in the digital age proves to be as valued and versatile as it’s ever been and a welcome return to the big screen.

‘The job, as I see it, is about storytelling and tone creation and staying ahead of the audience. I feel that when people think here’s a history of the last 10 years of cinema, they will have expectations that certain things will be in there, and many things they expect will be in there. But hopefully there are things you don’t expect and perhaps the process, the meander through these years isn’t as you expected. My job is to stay ahead of the audience and fulfill them in some way.’

Director Mark Cousins, from an interview with Variety.