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Antoine Fuqua’s Scarface remake is not dead yet

By Naomi Wong

The director of Training Day and The Equaliser is back in the running to update the Brian De Palma classic.

The surreal, stylistic brilliance of Dark City

By Danilo Castro

Alex Proyas’ homage to classic tech-noirs like Blade Runner, Brazil and Akira was released 20 years ago.

Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin’s forgotten cine revolution

By Little White Lies

Read an exclusive extract of a long-lost conversation between these innovative French filmmakers.

Supa Modo is the most important superhero movie you’ll see this year

By David Opie

Not all heroes wear capes, but the pint-sized protagonists of Likarion Wainaina’s debut feature certainly do.

Fancy an overnight stay at the original Friday the 13th camp?

By Joel Down

The real-life filming location is being opened to the public for a one-off “wilderness experience”.

The generation-spanning human drama of Hal Hartley’s Henry Fool trilogy

By Anton Bitel

Made over 17 years, this unlikely series is among the indie writer/director’s finest achievements.

Discover the grisly drama of this surgery-based Southern gothic

By Anton Bitel

John Grissmer’s Scalpel, about a psychopathic plastic surgeon, has been rescued from VHS obscurity.

The surreal true story of Cynthia the movie star mannequin

By Emma Fraser

For a brief period during the 1930s, this unlikely idol became part of Hollywood’s glamorous elite.

Rare archive materials from Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon

By Little White Lies

Scouting photos and script drafts shed new light on the greatest movie never made.

Werner Herzog’s ski jumping film is essential viewing this Winter Olympics

By Harry Harris

The German director’s 1974 short The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner shows why sport is so compelling.

Could you draw Joaquin Phoenix in You Were Never Really Here?

By Little White Lies

Enter our latest creative brief, inspired by Lynne Ramsay’s visceral thriller.

Why George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead still gets under our skin

By Adam Scovell

Released 50 years ago, the director’s lo-fi debut is filled with potent imagery and political resonance.

‘Dear Mum…’ Letters inspired by Lady Bird

By Little White Lies

Four female writers pen personal messages to their mothers in response to Greta Gerwig’s affecting film.

A brief history of female masturbation in the movies

By Christina Newland

Inspired by The Shape of Water, we survey the various ways female self-pleasure has been portrayed.

Paddington 2 director Paul King is planning a Willy Wonka movie

By Joel Down

The British director could be swapping marmalade sandwiches for chocolate sauce for this next project.

Is it time to do away with post-credits scenes?

By Victoria Luxford

These bonus moments have become a mainstay of modern blockbuster. But are they a cynical marketing tool or cinema’s secret weapon?

Discover the proto-giallo pleasures of Dario Argento’s debut feature

By Anton Bitel

A 4K restoration of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is being released.

Revisiting Blade II: Guillermo del Toro’s slick superhero B-movie

By Padraig Cotter

With its sympathetic monsters and distinct visuals, this 2002 sequel is the director’s most underrated film.

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