Film fund to focus on ‘quality not quantity’ – Manuel Mallia
Minister Manuel Mallia launches revamped Malta Film Fund and new €1 million co-production equity fund.
Film Review | The Monuments Men
You can't fault its good intentions, nor its insistence on crafting a charming, breezy caper out of a quirky historical episode, but George Clooney's WWII art-heist...
Film Review | Gravity

This stark and thrilling two-hander by virtuoso director Alfonso Cuaron is terrifying and poignant.

This stark and thrilling two-hander by virtuoso director...

No extension for Peter Busuttil’s Film Commissioner contract

Busuttil took over the Malta Film Commission in 2011, while also being in...

Busuttil took over the Malta Film Commission in 2011, while...

Film Review | Silhouette

Set in the high-risk world of Malta's underground racing culture, Mark Doneo's big screen foray is a wreck of a different kind.

Set in the high-risk world of Malta's underground racing...

Film Review | Thor: The Dark World

The next instalment in Marvel Studio's multi-title film franchise is less of a superhero film and more of a fantasy epic - and is all the better for it.

The next instalment in Marvel Studio's multi-title film...

Film Review | Captain Phillips

There is no doubt that the Malta-filmed real-life piracy thriller Captain Phillips is a thrilling ride. But what makes Paul Greengrass’s film truly...

There is no doubt that the Malta-filmed real-life piracy...

Top Hollywood screenwriting guru to set up institute in Malta

American scriptwriting guru Robert McKee, immortalised by actor Brian Cox in...

American scriptwriting guru Robert McKee, immortalised by...

Film Review | Rush

This biographical racing drama has all the makings of an Oscar success… which is probably also its Achilles’ heel.

This biographical racing drama has all the makings of an...

Tension on the high seas, smooth operation on set | Captain Phillips

With the Malta-filmed, Tom Hanks-starring thriller Captain Phillips out in...

With the Malta-filmed, Tom Hanks-starring thriller Captain...

Film Review | The Frozen Ground

It’s ironic just how by-the-numbers this based-on-a-true-story serial killer thriller really is.

It’s ironic just how by-the-numbers this...

Malta houses evil scientist in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D episode

Malta’s ‘beautiful tax laws’ attract rogue scientist to our shores in...

Malta’s ‘beautiful tax laws’ attract rogue scientist...

‘Good enough’ should not be good enough

As ‘Malta’s First Epic Movie’ makes its way to cinemas, the peculiar way...

As ‘Malta’s First Epic Movie’ makes its way to...

Film Review | Adormidera

A memorable strangeness seems to power the diction and the actors’ performances: the twanging panoply of Maltese-inflected sounds take you away from the...

A memorable strangeness seems to power the diction and the...

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Medieval fantasy film ‘as Maltese as the George Cross’

Director Ray Mizzi and actor Andrei Claude speak to us about Adormidera, a...

Director Ray Mizzi and actor Andrei Claude speak to us...

Film Review | I’m So Excited!

Pedro Almodovar’s visionary talents are played for cheap laughs in this absurdist and often shallow airborne farce.

Pedro Almodovar’s visionary talents are played for cheap...

Trailer Park | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The film event of the Christmas season gets a full-length trailer as The...

The film event of the Christmas season gets a full-length...

Film Review | Kick-Ass 2

It may lack depth and moral fibre, but Jeff Wadlow's sequel to 2010's hyper-violent amateur superhero romp more than makes up for it in dynamism.

It may lack depth and moral fibre, but Jeff Wadlow's sequel...

Film Review | Stuck in Love

Marco Attard opts for this lukewarm rom-com about struggling writers and their angst-ridden progeny in favour of the latest action blockbuster... but then...

Marco Attard opts for this lukewarm rom-com about...

Film Review | Red 2

It's a sequel that does the exact same thing its original did. But what it does is actually quite fun.

It's a sequel that does the exact same thing its original...