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Michael Shannon’s Big Year

Acting Up by Chloe Walker

In 2016 Shannon appeared in 10 films that prove why he’s one of the most compelling actors around

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Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To Earth

by Payton McCarty-Simas

Nicolas Roeg’s space oddity has only become more relevant in our age of all-consuming media and unbridled corporate greed.
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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.

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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – here comes the bride...again

by Hannah Strong

Samara Weaving returns as a besieged bride in Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s broadly entertaining horror sequel.

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Dead Man’s Wire review – watchable, but struggles to justify its existence

by Leila Latif

Gus Van Sant’s thriller based on the true story of Tony Kiritsis is compelling but offers little to an already rich subgenre.

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Abode review – a mixed bag selection of home-themed shorts

by Luisa Blacker

A set of five disparate stories on the topic of home make up this underwhelming anthology feature by Irish writer/​director Liam O Mochain.

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The Good Boy review – needs a tighter leash

by Billie Walker

A young hooligan is subject to a twisted kidnapping in Jan Komasa’s lacklustre psychological thriller.

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Arco review – primary-colour, major-key storytelling

by Michael Leader

Ugo Bienvenu’s feature debut is equal parts polished and particular, whimsical and weird.

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Project Hail Mary review – an entertaining adventure, not a memorable one

by Hannah Strong

Ryan Gosling’s charisma is what really sells this adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel about a science teacher-turned-astronaut stranded in space.

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In Praise Of

Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To Earth

by Payton McCarty-Simas

Nicolas Roeg’s space oddity has only become more relevant in our age of all-consuming media and unbridled corporate greed.
Acting Up

Michael Shannon's Big Year

by Chloe Walker

In 2016 Michael Shannon appeared in 10 feature films – together they prove why he’s one of the most compelling actors around.
SXSW

Forbidden Fruits – first-look review

by Monica Castillo

A mall-haunting girl gang channel the spirit of Mean Girls and Jawbreaker in Meredith Alloway’s fun take on teen tensions which premiered at SXSW.
Hard Craft

Greetings Earthlings: The tactile joy of puppets in space

by Henry Bulmer

Project Hail Mary is the latest film to employ the art of puppetry to bring an alien to life.
SXSW

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice – first-look review

by Monica Castillo

With snappy dialogue, destructive all-out fight scenes and great cast rapport, BenDavid Grabinski lit up SXSW with an action comedy that punches well above its weight.
SXSW

Over Your Dead Body – first-look review

by Monica Castillo

Jason Segel and Samara Weaving play a married couple on the outs and ready to kill in Jorma Taccone’s uproariously funny horror comedy that bowed at SXSW.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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