Features

Three’s Company: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on Challengers

By David Jenkins

The trio at the heart of Luca Guadagnino's racy tennis drama tell all about summer camp, short shorts, and their formative Guadagnino experiences.

The Crip Cinema Archive wants to change the way we think about disability in film

By Hannah Strong

Founded by Emily Simmons, this new project aims to provide an inclusive resource about the past, present and future of disability on and off screen.

Luca Guadagnino: ‘I don’t watch tennis matches. It’s quite boring to me’

By David Jenkins

We catch up with the Italian provocateur behind Challengers: the sports drama starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist, that's getting pulses raising around the world this spring.

Bodies in motion: a report from CPH:DOX 2024

By Savina Petkova

One of the world’s most important documentary festival delivers a host of very fine films as well as some flim-flammy political statements.

Here’s what it’s like to be part of programming a film festival

By Madeleine Storer

How do programmers assess films for a festival selection? We find out from one of the Oxford University Student Film Festival team.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: the full line-up

By David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Francis Ford Coppola roll out for France's premiere film jamboree.

What to watch at home in April

By Anton Bitel

An Ozu classic, a wrestling comedy and a Portuguese mystery about strange astronaut-themed dreams are among our picks out on streaming and home ents this month.

My First Film – first-look review

By Savina Petkova

In her intriguing debut feature, director Zia Anger attempts to exorcise the ghost of a long-abandoned filmmaking venture.

Victor Erice: ‘Cinema is a form of destiny’

By David Jenkins

On the occasion of his highly anticipated and long-awaited fourth feature film, we receive an audience with the master of Spanish cinema, who reflects on the long journey that Close Your Eyes had.

Two Road Houses, unalike in dignity

By Daniel Schindel

How did Patrick Swayze get it so right and Jake Gyllenhaal get it so wrong? We investigate the limits of 80s nostalgia and fragile masculinity.

Fancy winning a neon sign used in The Souvenir Part 2?

By Little White Lies

Cinema for Gaza is hosting a charity auction raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) with incredible prizes donated by the likes of Tilda Swinton, Josh O'Connor, Harris Dickinson, Annie Lennox, Mike Leigh and many, many more.

Community and creativity thrive at Finland’s Tampere Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

At Northern Europe's oldest short film festival, cinephiles from around the world come together to declare small is beautiful – be it in the sauna or on the ice.

How 10 Things I Hate About You made Shakespeare hot property

By Nadira Begum

25 years ago, Gil Junger's spiky teen romance reinvented The Taming of the Shrew – and made Shakespeare cool again.

Queer Times: How Thessaloniki International Doc Festival are celebrating LGBTQ+ Cinema

By Christina Newland

A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empathy, a bit of violence and a hopeful vision for the future of Greek cinema.

Under the Cover: Petra Eriksson

By Little White Lies

We go behind the scenes on the cover of LWLies 102: The Challengers Issue with illustrator, Swedish artist and graphic designer Petra Eriksson.

LWLies 102: the Challengers issue – Out now!

By Little White Lies

Join our fully-illustrated celebration of Luca Guadagnino’s sparkling sports romcom.

Griffin Dunne: ‘Scorsese’s energy and enthusiasm was infectious’

By Leigh Singer

The star of Martin Scorsese's down and dirty 1985 runaround reflects on the strange journey of getting After Hours made and how Spielberg and De Palma influenced the film's ending.

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