Our senior editor Mallory Andrews examine's Brett Story's documentary The Hottest August, and how we come to terms with our own dystopian present| cléo
An interview with Amar Wala, Chelsea McMullan, Sherien Barsoum, and Isa Benn about the Scarborough Pictures Episodic Directing Program.| cléo
Film critic Manuela Lazic explores humanistic themes in a selection of films from the Locarno Film Festival's 72nd edition.| cléo
From the very beginning, we at cléo have tried our best to be as transparent as possible about the financial realities of running an independent publication. We started with nothing but a scrappy attitude and a desire to change our industry for the better. In our first year, we were unable to pay writers (or […]| cléo
Director Astra Taylor expands on the central question that drives her film What Is Democracy?| cléo
An exploration of chronic illness and the body in Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau’s 2018 video-opera installation, What Do Stones Smell Like in the Forest?| cléo
An exploration of the representation of epilepsy in film, focusing on Zia Anger's 2015 experimental short film I Remember Nothing.| cléo
Made in 1972, Jane Arden’s The Other Side of Underneath was the only British film of the decade to be solo-directed by a woman. A boldly feminist film in its engagement with, and rejection of, the contemporary place of women in British society, the film is also unique for its take on mental illness. Arden’s […]| cléo
Lara Atallah examines how Jocelyne Saab's Beirut trilogy examines trauma in the city, and how its population copes resiliently.| cléo
A filmmaker reflects on her experience with making movies while living with multiple chronic illnesses.| cléo