After Hollywood

Phil Hoad: Film-makers in Indonesia are harnessing Hollywood's dark arts to ask questions about their own society

Unbeatable salesmen of foreign-language films to English-speaking audiences, have they added unhealthy levels saccharine in the process?

Phil Hoad: Two big-budget biopics of the prophet in production – difficulties around presenting his image notwithstanding – have genuine blockbuster potential, and could promote cultural dialogue

Phil Hoad: Film has moved on from the non-linear jigsaws once used to depict our globalised state. Mira Nair's thriller dynamic and the subtlety found in Danish counterpart A Hijacking point the direction things are going

Phil Hoad: Hollywood often produces two films on one subject, but the six movies based on the Battle of Çanakkale are a sign of a healthy domestic market for Turkish products

Phil Hoad: The success of rags-to-riches comedy Nosotros los Nobles confirms Mexico as a cinematic supremo, albeit one whose own prosperity hangs on its film-making neighbour to the north

Phil Hoad: US-Chinese co-productions don't appear to be hitting the spot, as Chinese film-makers are catering for domestic audiences with growing success

Phil Hoad: Horror comedies such as Pee Mak Phrakanong could be hot exports for Thailand's rapidly improving film industry

While the Oval Office on film is as familiar as our front room, the American blockbuster is safe. But the post-US empire beckons, writes Phil Hoad

Phil Hoad: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has released its box-office report showing growth in the US and worldwide

A pair of Portuguese-language films quietly examine the standoff between old Europe and modern multiculturalism, writes Phil Hoad