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Read The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire

The Piano Teacher and the limits of desire

In Praise Of by Emily Oliver

Michael Haneke’s psychosexual drama still has a remarkably potent power.

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In Praise Of

History Chasing Its Tail: On Jocelyne Saab’s Beirut Trilogy

by Farouk Kannout

As Lebanon faces attacks from Israel, Jocelyne Saab’s films take on a renewed sense of urgency and sadness.
Scene Report

Preliminary Visions of a Girl-Online

by Namah

Dana Dawud’s extremely online (but IRL) screening series, Open Secret, is all access, but little revelation. 

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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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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The Devil Wears Prada 2 review – a stylish, satisfying sequel

by Lillian Crawford

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and co. return for a legacy sequel that’s not just nostalgia in a new frock.

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Hokum review – pure poppycock

by Billie Walker

Adam Scott stars as a curmudgeonly author adrift in a haunted Irish hotel in Damian McCarthy’s unoriginal horror.

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The Sheep Detectives review – cosy doesn’t cover it

by David Jenkins

The hot new gumshoes on the block are CGI sheep in Kyle Balda’s amiable comedy about the murder of a beloved shepherd.

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Mother Mary review – beautiful and bewitching

by Hannah Strong

David Lowery’s chamber piece about a pop star and her erstwhile costume designer is a strange, haunting affair.

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Features

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.
In Praise Of

History Chasing Its Tail: On Jocelyne Saab’s Beirut Trilogy

by Farouk Kannout

As Lebanon faces attacks from Israel, Jocelyne Saab’s films take on a renewed sense of urgency and sadness.
Big Shorts

Hey Nostradamus: Conner O'Malley's American Dream

by Mark Asch

From Vine to YouTube and Instagram Reels, one gonzo comedian sees the United States for the nation of suckers it’s become.
Interviews

Mark Jenkin: ‘I like looking backwards in order to move forwards’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Fish-gutting lessons, seasickness and Cornish notions of home play into the writer/director’s superlative third feature.
Scene Report

Preliminary Visions of a Girl-Online

by Namah

Dana Dawud’s extremely online (but IRL) screening series, Open Secret, is all access, but little revelation. 
Acting Up

Rediscovering Singapore's first action heroine

by Suyin Haynes

The crime-fighting, gun-toting lead of 1978’s They Call Her… Cleopatra Wong was nearly lost forever. A new restoration celebrates her overlooked history. 
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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.
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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.
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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