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In Praise of Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

By Nick Joyner

Over 30 years later, Todd Haynes’ experimental documentary is a visionary look at female celebrity.

Severance and the myth of work-life balance

By Emily Maskell

Apple TV+’s intriguing workplace drama sets a new, sinister precedent for office culture.

Discover a classic, booze-fuelled sequence of female self discovery

By Marina Ashioti

In praise of Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6 and a scene of human connection around shots of moonshine.

Iranian courts have found Asghar Farhadi guilty of plagiarism on A Hero

By Charles Bramesco

The ruling came in favor of Azadeh Masihzadeh, a former student of Farhadi’s, and her documentary All Winners All Losers.

The frenetic thrills of Abel Ferrara’s abstract surveillance thriller

By Anton Bitel

Ethan Hawke stars in this poetic and strange thriller about a military operative chasing multiple threads in Rome.

Ethan Coen will go solo on a bawdy “lesbian road trip” movie

By Charles Bramesco

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood; one, to a black-and-white Macbeth adaptation, the other, to sexploitation homage.

What to expect from Robert Eggers’ resurrection of Nosferatu

By Molly Cavanagh

The American writer/director appears poised to offer a bold new take on the silent horror classic.

Daniel Kaluuya will turn writer/producer for dystopian London thriller The Kitchen

By Charles Bramesco

The upcoming Netflix film takes place in the brutal, heavily stratified society of 2044.

A new Top Gun: Maverick trailer breaks through the sound barrier

By Charles Bramesco

Fighter jets, egos, legacies – they’re all up in the air in the next-gen sequel to the military action classic.

Scene Stealers: A late descent into madness in Nightmare Alley

By Hannah Strong

Bradley Cooper's suave carny gets his comeuppance at the climax of Guillermo del Toro's neo-noir.

Celebrating the complexity of motherhood with Almodóvar and Gyllenhaal

By Anne-Sofie Lindgaard

Parallel Mothers and The Lost Daughter operate as engaging texts on the contradictions and complications of being a mother.

Why I love Liv Ullmann’s performance in Autumn Sonata

By Matt St Clair

As she receives an honorary Academy Award, we celebrate Liv Ullmann’s lead turn in an Ingmar Bergman classic.

Panos Cosmatos will drag us back into insanity with his next film Nekrokosm

By Charles Bramesco

A24 will produce the sci-fi fantasy set within a "strange galaxy" where a hostile force threatens two lovers.

Scene Stealers: The fraught Shabbat dinner in Licorice Pizza

By Elizabeth Wiart

Paul Thomas Anderson centres the quintessential awkward family dinner to delightful effect.

Discover an anime treasure trove this spring at the BFI

By Kambole Campbell

As part of their Japan season, the BFI presents a programme of new and classic animation plus special events.

Oslo through the eyes of Joachim Trier

By Savina Petkova

To celebrate the release of The Worst Person in the World, we take a closer look at the locations which paint Oslo as a city of one’s own.

Who should star in the new West End production of The Shining?

By Charles Bramesco

All work and no play will make director Ivo van Hove and star Ben Stiller dull boys.

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