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Beats, Rhymes and Cinema: New Jack City

By Thomas Hobbs

The box office success of this 1991 drama forced America to view the crack epidemic from a different perspective.

Why I love Marisa Tomei’s performance in My Cousin Vinny

By Catherine Pearson

With her strong self-belief and striking dress sense, Mona Lisa Vito is a character we can all get behind.

Is Annihilation the first true film of the Anthropocene era?

By Lewis Gordon

Alex Garland’s chilling body horror speaks directly to our current age of ecological crisis.

How Once Upon a Time in the West reflects the social anxiety of 1968

By Dan Einav

Sergio Leone’s landmark western, which turns 50 this year, is a fascinating product of its time.

A beginner’s guide to the films of Lynne Ramsay

By Kambole Campbell

To celebrate the release of You Were Never Really Here, we’ve put together a handy primer of the director’s short and feature work.

10 essential Indigenous Australian films

By Shane O’Reilly

To celebrate the release of Sweet Country, seek out these amazing works directed by and starring native Australians.

LWLies 74: Isle of Dogs

By Little White Lies

Our latest print edition offers an exciting look inside Wes Anderson’s stop-motion opus.

Morvern Callar and the search for something beautiful

By Tom Williams

Lynne Ramsay’s masterful second feature from 2002 offers a visceral depiction of grief and longing.

The Long Goodbye: Robert Altman’s hooray for Hollywood

By Sam May

This 1973 pulp classic sees Elliott Gould’s Philip Marlowe navigate LA’s seedy underbelly.

Beats, Rhymes and Cinema: King of New York

By Thomas Hobbs

How Abel Ferrara’s brutal 1990 gangster flick captured the imagination of the hip hop community.

The Big Lebowski: Why The F*ck?

By Luís Azevedo

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, we take a closer look at the Coen brothers’ cuss-filled classic.

Catching up with the London Contemporary Orchestra ahead of Phantom Thread live

By Adam Woodward

Conductors and longtime friends Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames reveal how they helped bring Jonny Greenwood’s mesmerising score to life.

Discover Henri-George Clouzot’s psychedelic swansong

By Anton Bitel

The French director’s 1968 La Prisonnière aka Woman in Chains is both compelling and perverse.

Frances McDormand and Guillermo Del Toro were the 2018 Oscars MVPs

By Hannah Strong

The world was watching a little more closely last night as the first post-Weinstein Academy Awards took place.

Travis looks in the mirror

By Brian Brems

What does it mean to be an American who loves Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver but hates gun violence?

What’s the key ingredient at this year’s Oscars? Eggs, of course

By Emma Fraser

This breakfast staple features in five out of the nine Best Picture nominees at the 90th Academy Awards.

Atlanta Season 2: ‘Alligator Man’ review – A timely portrait of black America

By Roxanne Sancto

Donald Glover’s hit show returns with another steady mix of satire, dark comedy and cultural narratives.

Why Death Wish’s pro-gun politics are just as complex as ever

By Justine Smith

The film’s glamorisation of vigilante justice resonated with an increasingly paranoid audience in 1974.

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