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The quiet intensity of Lee Kang Sheng’s gaze

By Terry Nguyen

Through his collaborations with Tsai Ming Liang and new work with Constance Tsang and Yeo Siew Hua, Lee Kang Sheng has created a remarkable body of work.

Psychlo killer: Battlefield Earth 25 years on

By Liam Murphy

Scientology's spectacular flop went down in history for all the wrong reasons. A quarter-century on, what went wrong?

Pretend it’s a video game: How films emulate gaming mechanics

By Daniel Schindel

As a (very loose) adaptation of Until Dawn hits cinemas, it's worth investigating the successful – and unsuccessful – attempts to explore what it feels like to play a video game on the big screen.

Bodies, Babies and Birth Control in April and All We Imagine as Light

By Anna McKibbin

At a time when access to birth control and abortion is banned, restricted or under threat around the world, work by Dea Kulumbegashvili and Payal Kapadia highlights the necessity of safe options for pregnant people.

Spectacles of suffering and fascism in cinema

By Sam Moore

Across the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Guillermo del Toro and Brady Corbet, the evils of fascism come to light in horrifying detail.

Inside the cinema hidden beneath a London pub

By Lee Wakefield

Nestled beneath a local boozer in Lewisham, there's a lovingly restored, 86-seat cinema waiting to be discovered.

Ryan Coogler: ‘I’m more confident in my film language than I am in my English’

By Kambole Campbell

Ryan Coogler reflects on developing a story rooted in personal passions with his grand, IMAX-shot thriller, Sinners.

How Matthew Macfadyen remade Mr. Darcy

By Hannah Benson

In Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Matthew Macfadyen managed to breathe new life into an iconic literary love interest. How did he do it?

Inside the academic conference taking Terrifier back to school

By Barney Nuttall

A forthcoming conference seeks to position the ultraviolent horror franchise within academia – what might we learn from Art the Clown?

The empty showboat of cinematic one-shots

By Finlay Spencer

Netflix's chart-topping Adolescence is the latest in a long line of single-take stories. But would it be any worse off with a trip to the cutting room?

Can we make greening the film industry sexy?

By Ben Smoke

It's not easy being green, but the Green Rider initiative aims to engage Hollywood's biggest names with making changes to filmmaking that could help reduce the film industry's carbon footprint.

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!

By David Jenkins

Wes Anderson, Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier and Julia Ducournau are among the contenders for this year’s Golden Palm.

Who killed the Tween Girl Movie?

By Charlotte Moore

At the turn of the millennium tween girls had plenty of films made for them – nowadays, there's next to nothing. Why did Hollywood give up?

A Goofy Movie hits different as a parent

By Simon Bland

Despite flopping on release, Disney's heartwarming story of a dad trying to bond with his son on a summer road trip has become a cult classic – especially for people with children of their own.

Why is cinema still failing autistic women?

By Amy Davidson

From erasure to fetishisation, it's still rare to see the nuances and lived experiences of autistic people – especially women – on the big screen.

Baby Love: Behind the scenes with the company creating realistic maternity props

By Scheenagh Harrington

Producing realistic baby bumps, placentas and prop babies, Cinebaby are working to improve the representation of maternity in film and television.

LWLies 107: The Sinners issue – Out now!

By Little White Lies

Tool up for an illustrated deep dive into Sinners and the radical blockbuster cinema of Ryan Coogler.

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