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Hacks was always a love story

Small Screen by Emily Maskell

And that's the beauty of HBO Max's smash hit comedy

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Backrooms review – sincerely disturbing and admirably subtle

by Esther Rosenfield

YouTube wunderkind Kane Parsons delivers impressive world-building in his liminal space horror debut.

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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.

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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Tuner review – woefully off-key

by Lillian Crawford

Leo Woodall plays a hypersensitive safe cracker in Daniel Roher’s hapless drama.

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Power Ballad review – amiable musical comedy about songwriting and plagiarism

by David Jenkins

Paul Rudd is the wedding singer who has his hit song stolen by a ex-boy band star in John Carney’s gently crowd-pleasing music industry satire.

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Backrooms review – sincerely disturbing and admirably subtle

by Esther Rosenfield

YouTube wunderkind Kane Parsons delivers impressive world-building in his liminal space horror debut.

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Hen review – a strange, uniquely compelling film

by Hannah Strong

A plucky hen makes her way in the world in György Pálfi’s novel creature feature.

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Eagles of the Republic review – a glossy portrait of a modern screen icon

by David Jenkins

A slick screen icon becomes a political pawn in this brash movie industry satire-cum-political spy thriller from Tarik Saleh.

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu review – an unintelligible mess

by Kambole Campbell

Despite the impressive craft elements on display, the latest Star Wars film is a drab and tedious affair.

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Features

Small Screen

Hacks was always a love story

by Emily Maskell

The beauty of HBO Max’s smash hit comedy lies in the relationship between Deborah and Ava that developed over five seasons.
Deep Cuts

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.
Big Shorts

The hopeful eco-positivity of Bill Mason

by Phil Ginley

In the face of current climate disaster, there’s a lot to be learned from the Canadian naturalist, conservationist and filmmaker’s brand of observational storytelling.
Long Read

The lurid fascination with the school shooter film

by Karen Turner

As We Need To Talk About Kevin turns 15 and audiences still argue over The Drama, an assessment of a North American cultural phenomenon. 
Hard Craft

Paint the Legend: Behind the scenes on The Christophers

by Mark Asch

Steven Soderbergh’s latest film focuses on a revered artist – the painter and production designer tasked with creating his fictional oeuvre reveal their secrets.
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.
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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.
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.
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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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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.
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