Through conversations with psychologists, neurodivergent friends, Jason Schwartzman and the man himself, Sophie Monks Kaufman investigates the meticulous worlds of Wes Anderson and their potent emotional frequencies.
As Gareth Edwards' The Creator storms into cinemas, we trace the film industry's obsession with the idea that a robot uprising looms on the horizon.
By Sarah Cleary
Stars including Katherine Hepburn and Gloria Swanson appeared on Dick Cavett's seminal American talk show – a reminder that the televised interview is something of a lost art.
By Sam Moore
Twenty-five years on, Steven Spielberg's World War Two epic completely revolutionised the way Hollywood thought about depicting conflict on screen.
By Anton Bitel
Ken Russell, Peter Bogdanovich and Nicolas Cage's first starring role are among this month's bevvy of exciting home ents releases.
Party hats and streamers at the ready as we celebrate our bumper birthday edition – with four stunning covers up for grabs.
Filmmakers including Barbara Hammer and Karen Everett explore various facets of lesbian culture in their unabashed, lo-fi films, celebrating the defiant acts of queer joy and activism.
Archive is a glamorous look at the filmmaker's creative process, including script notes, correspondence, and plenty of behind-the-scenes photos.
By Kyle Turner
Billy Ray's 2003 thriller about a young journalist who fabricated stories for The New Republic is a curious relic two decades on, with an undercurrent of homoerotic tension.
Celine Song's swooning take on being caught between two worlds is a vital step forward for Asian American cinema.
By Paul Risker
Nearly 50 years since Jaws changed the shape of cinema, the term 'blockbuster' has come a long way – but not always for the better.
Charlotte Regan and Celine Song's debut features represent the conflicting attitudes towards the prominent role technology takes in modern life.
Talented, ambitious, and painfully earnest – the 'theatre kid' has long been a source of cinematic ridicule. How did it come to this?
As Park Chan-wook's seminal revenge thriller turns 20, it remains one of South Korean cinema's most piercing political indictments.
A new BFI season highlights the incredible cinematic legacy of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, who saw film as a tool to bring power to the people.
Man's best friend has provided ample entertainment across cinema's history, but in the all-American family film pantheon, canines take on a more beatific significance.
By Daniel Allen
Half a century on, George Lucas's seminal teen movie casts a long shadow across both the coming-of-age genre and filmmaker autofiction.
By Sarah Cleary
20 years on, her performance as an uptight businesswoman trapped in the body of her teenage daughter is still among the best Disney has to offer.
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