[3] It is published by Intellect Ltd.[2] and presents critical, historical, and theoretical essays on film, television, and moving image studies,[4] including book reviews, interviews, and coverage of film festivals around the world.

It regularly features film reviews, interviews with directors, actors, and cinematographers, as well as covering national cinemas on a country-by-country basis.

The content ranges throughout topics of the moving image, from art cinema, foreign films, genre works.

[6] The image editor is Jonathan Monovich, and contributing editors have included Jessica Baxter, Jacob Mertens, Liza Palmer, Yun-hua Chen, Christopher Sharrett,[7] Jeremy Carr, Robert K. Lightning, George Toles,[8][9] and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.

"[11] Works from the journal have been adapted in longer studies by top scholars and authors, including Toles,[12] Carl Freedman,[13] Carol Vernallis,[14] and Murray Pomerance.