Three years ago, when I met someone 21 years my junior in an online class, I never thought we’d become close. Each week in a writing class, we filled the video call with highly personal details about our lives as we learned how to tell our stories. We spilled our emotions in front of dozens
Arthouse movies are increasingly made for younger audiences who are replacing ageing stay-at-home baby boomers at Europe’s upscale cinema theaters. That impact is now working its way through new arthouse projects, seen at Locarno’s 2026 Match Me!, its vibrant co-production meet this year welcoming projects from Europe and Latin America, where a younger generation move
The years directly following the COVID pandemic were marked by a dire, almost apocalyptic vision of the future of moviegoing. Audiences that were already declining before global lockdowns became even scarcer, with streamers increasing their market share and smaller arthouse theaters closing because audiences weren’t returning to their doors once they reopened. However, over the