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Read Michelle Yeoh – Pre-Millennium Actress

Pre-Millennium Actress

Acting Up by Alexander Mooney

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The Social Reckoning review – a diluted version of a far better film

by Hannah Strong

Aaron Sorkin’s belated sequel dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistleblowing at Facebook, but lacks the bite of its predecessor.

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Issue 115: Wild Horse Nine – Order now!

We head to 1973 Easter Island in our print homage to Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine and revel in its critique of US backroom imperialism with a double cover featuring both John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell.

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Review

The Social Reckoning review – a diluted version of a far better film

by Hannah Strong

Aaron Sorkin’s belated sequel dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistleblowing at Facebook, but lacks the bite of its predecessor.

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The Lost Children Of Tuam review – a sombre retelling of Ireland’s buried past

by David Jenkins

Monica Dolan excels as an amateur historian investigating mass child abuse at a former mother and baby home in Tuam.

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Tenzing review – a familiar story reaches new heights

by Anna Stafford

Jennifer Peedom’s mountaineering biopic offers a much-needed change of perspective on the famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest. 

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The Weight review – gold in them hills

by David Jenkins

Ethan Hawke excels in this likeable trail western-cum-gold heist that demonstrates there’s fun to be had from sticking to a tight formula.

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Digger review – a satire with no meaningful target

by Hannah Strong

Tom Cruise hams it up as an oil-drilling oligarch in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overstuffed satire.

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Cotton Queen review – reclaims the crown for Sudanese girls

by Leila Latif

Suzannah Mirghani spins a tender coming-of-age story from Sudanese cotton, reclaiming a country too often seen only through tragedy.

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Features

BFI London Film Festival

Ray Gunn – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Brad Bird returns to animation with an absolute humdinger of noir-inflected retrofuturist thrills in a film that boasts stellar voice work from Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits.
Acting Up

Michelle Yeoh – Pre-Millennium Actress

by Alexander Mooney

As Ann Hui’s Stunt Woman turns 30, it provides a window into the fearless, physically precise peak of Michelle Yeoh in her Hong Kong action days, along with the perils that might have steered her towards safer projects abroad.
BFI London Film Festival

Elsinore – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Andrew Scott has his eyes on the prize as Ian Charleson, the British actor who played Hamlet at the National while fighting an AIDS diagnosis.
In Praise Of

Which side are you on? – Harlan County, USA at 50

by David Robb

50 years on, Barbara Kopple’s directorial debut remains vital documentary viewing, but we should resist the urge to see it as a relic of the past – and ask who benefits when we do.
Hard Craft

Landscape Collector: The scout behind Hollywood’s changing landscapes

by Leila Latif

Location scout extraordinaire, Lori Balton, tells us about the shifting nature of her globe-trotting craft.
In Conversation

The forgotten hybrids of Japan’s Y2K horror boom

by James Balmont

With Crazy Lips and Gore From Outer Space resurfacing, we speak to J‑Horror pioneer Takashige Ichise about the unruly side of Japan’s Y2K horror boom and the films that slipped through the cracks.
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Deep Cuts

Behind the Window Display: Cinema's Desperate Salesmen

by Ariana Martinez

Lacking the confidence to emulate the smooth-talking charlatans of the business world, these salesmen’s entrepreneurial personas end up as artificial as their shopfront displays.
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Andrzej Wajda’s Cinema of Complicated Defiance at 100

by Juliette Bretan

On the centenary of a Polish cinema giant, we remember the powerful storytelling of Andrzej Wajda through his war and post-war films.
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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.
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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.
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Life is a B-Movie: Joe D’Amato’s Bizarre Prophecy of 2025

by Mila F

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?
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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.
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