Paula Benson

Artists’ houses on screen, from Frida Kahlo to The Big Lebowski

From Frida Kahlo’s vivid studio-house to Maude Lebowski’s cavernous fictional studio in The Big Lebowski, artists’ homes can reveal a great deal about the person behind the art. Inspired...

Making Marie Antoinette: Sofia Coppola, the extraordinary interiors of Versailles and a mother’s view from behind the camera

Twenty years after Sofia Coppola brought Marie Antoinette to the screen in a glorious...

Venture into Wildwood: an epic tale with extraordinary detail

Talking eagles, an enchanted forest, a battle worthy of The Lord of the Rings and a baby abducted by crows. LAIKA’s stop-motion epic Wildwood gives us plenty to hold...

From London Film Festival to FilmChelt: great films are coming to Cheltenham

I’ve been stomping London’s streets and settling into its cinema seats for the BFI London Film Festival, armed with an ambitious wish list of...

Venice 2026: Four films where the interiors caught our eye

The Venice Film Festival 2026 has wrapped for another year, and naturally we’ve been looking at the interiors. Among the films that caught our eye at Venice 2026 are four...

The Gentlemen Season 2: locations, interiors, furniture and the return of the BBQ grill table

The Gentlemen is back, and its particular breed of landed grandeur, criminal enterprise and very good furniture has travelled rather well. Season 2 of Guy...

10 film apartments to fall in love with, and where to find the furniture and décor for your own home

The design of an apartment speaks volumes. And apartments in film are particularly revealing. Unlike sprawling houses, they are...

The design, furniture, art and handmade worlds of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

In Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a queer director is making a sequel to a cult slasher franchise and becomes obsessed with...

Blade Runner furniture and interiors: from Los Angeles 2019 to 2049 and 2099

The future is coming back. With Blade Runner 2049 recently topping the streaming charts and Blade Runner 2099 arriving in November 2026, the time...