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Read The Sneeze Heard Around the World: Mr Bean’s Whistler Returns to London

The Sneeze Heard Around the World: Mr Bean’s Whistler Returns to London

This Just In by Sammi Gale

Before Monkey Jesus there was Whistler's Mother

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This Just In

Has streaming killed Star Wars?

by Kevin Bui

With The Mandalorian & Grogu on track to flop for Disney, did the House of Mouse steer their TIE Fighter too close to the sun?
In Praise Of

The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire

by Emily Oliver

25 years on, Michael Haneke’s psychosexual drama still has a remarkably potent power.

Cannes 2026: First-look reviews

Cannes Film Festival

Dua - first-look review

by David Jenkins

This impressive second feature by Blerta Basholli sees a teenage girl coming of age as oppression reigns in Kosovo during the late ​’90s.
Cannes Film Festival

Butterfly Jam – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Kantemir Balagov makes his English-language debut with an uneven but spirited drama focused on a Circassian family in New Jersey. 
Cannes Film Festival

In Waves - first-look review

by David Jenkins

This animated adaptation of surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo’s autobiographical graphic novel from 2019 wipes out in a tide of earnestness.
Cannes Film Festival

Cannes 2026 announces its sidebar line-ups

by Hannah Strong

The full programme for this year’s festival is complete with programme announcements from Director’s Fortnight, Critic’s Week and L’Acid.
Cannes Film Festival

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!

by Kaeah Sen

A packed line-up eschews North America in favour of the best cinema from Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Festivals

Resurrection – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bi Gan’s third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.
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LWLies 112: The Father Mother Sister Brother issue – Out now!

We deliver a fully-illustrated salute to Jim Jarmusch’s Golden Lion-winning triptych film about the pain and joy of having parents. 

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Latest reviews

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Obsession review – the Youtube to studio horror pipeline is a prosperous one

by Emma Kiely

Like the Philippou Brothers, Curry Barker makes the leap from Youtube to the big screen and proves himself to be exciting new voice in horror filmmaking.

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Kokuho review – a kabuki star is born

by Juan Barquin

Lee Sang-il’s historical drama about the making of a kabuki legend is nothing short of intoxicating.

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Romería review – beautifully captures the intricate fabric of familial relationships

by Rafa Sales Ross

Catalan filmmaker Carla Simón delivers another heartfelt exploration on the joys and pains of extended family.

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Our Land review – superb doc on the right to roam

by David Jenkins

Orban Wallace offers a sharp look at the debate on access and ownership over the English countryside in this engrossing documentary.

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Wild Foxes review – a confident riff on the boxing drama

by Louis Spong

Valery Carnoy’s feisty debut feature charts the fluctuating fortunes of two boys trying to make it as boxers at a sporting academy. 

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I’ve Seen All I Need To See review – grief in a rearview mirror

by Sam Davies

The desert provides some (but not all) answers for a woman’s trauma following the death of her sister in Zeshaan Younus’ striking, lightly abstract drama.

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Features

Cannes Film Festival

Butterfly Jam – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Kantemir Balagov makes his English-language debut with an uneven but spirited drama focused on a Circassian family in New Jersey. 
This Just In

The Sneeze Heard Around the World: Mr Bean’s Whistler Returns to London

by Sammi Gale

Before Monkey Jesus there was Whistler’s Mother. One writer reflects on a childhood haunted by Bean’s art restoration efforts.
This Just In

Has streaming killed Star Wars?

by Kevin Bui

With The Mandalorian & Grogu on track to flop for Disney, did the House of Mouse steer their TIE Fighter too close to the sun?
Acting Up

The magnificent range of Marianne Jean-Baptiste

by Lillian Crawford

As Secrets & Lies turns 30, we look back on Jean-Baptiste’s world-class collaborations with Mike Leigh.
In Praise Of

The joy and struggle of the movie makeover

by Anna McKibbin

A staple of films aimed at women and girls, the movie makeover is about so much more than lipstick and a fresh haircut.
In Praise Of

The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire

by Emily Oliver

25 years on, Michael Haneke’s psychosexual drama still has a remarkably potent power.
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Club LWLies Exclusives

Deep Cuts

Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

by Desirae Embree

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining of James Whale’s 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein marks 40 years in the singular career of costume designer Sandy Powell.
Two men in black tops against pastel pink and blue cloudy background with scattered geometric shapes and symbols.
Deep Cuts

Playground Love: How Air scored The Virgin Suicides

by Paul Weedon

The French electronic duo were the musical backbone behind Sofia Coppola’s startling debut. A 25th anniversary reissue saw them reconstructing much of their work from scratch.
Illustration depicting a close-up of a fantasy warrior figure with a face painted in bold, vibrant colours of blue, yellow, and red. The figure wears ornate, armoured clothing.
Deep Cuts

Life is a B-Movie: Joe D’Amato’s Bizarre Prophecy of 2025

by Mila Fielker

A dystopian retro-future of telepathic mutants, gladiators and fascists – does Joe D’Amato’s vision of 2025 show any resemblance to our current reality?
Deep Cuts

The New Bootlegs: Open Matte Films & Unofficial Scans

by Lexie Corbett

The unofficial, often open matte scans of these films preserve a tactile history of cinema in its imperfect totality.
Deep Cuts

When pop stars become auteurs

by Anna McKibbin

The visual album is a key, genre-defying vessel for pop music titans transferring the symbolic power of their music to image-making.
Deep Cuts

The complicated legacy of heavy metal in cinema

by Sarah Cleary

Metal is often given short shrift at the movies, but a handful of great auteurs have used the genre and its subculture to brilliant effect.
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