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How In a Lonely Place deconstructed misogyny in Hollywood

By Adam Scovell

Nicholas Ray’s 1950 tale of male power, anger and violence is receiving a timely theatrical re-run.

Tarantino’s ninth feature will be set in the summer of ’69

By Hannah Strong

It’s back to LA for QT as the writer/director’s next project begins to take shape.

Discover the patriarchy skewering thrills of this Japanese splatterfest

By Anton Bitel

Sion Sono’s fantasy horror TAG features one of the most arresting opening sequences in movie history.

Harmony Korine’s Gummo and America’s haunted Deep South

By William Carroll

The writer/director’s dystopian arthouse flick holds a smudged mirror to white middle America.

Malcolm X at 25: The untold mystery of Betty Shabazz

By Nadia Latif

Spike Lee’s epic biopic of the black civil rights leader offers only glimpses of the great woman behind the man.

Network at the National Theatre: taking the screen to the stage

By Hannah Strong

As Sidney Lumet’s seminal ’70s satire makes its way to the theatre, we ask is it just a load of sound and fury?

LWLies X MUBI X ICA presents… A weekend of 35mm movie magic

By Little White Lies

Join us at ICA London for three days of celluloid miracles, including films by Orson Welles and Agnés Varda.

How Cop Land deconstructed Sylvester Stallone’s legacy

By Jack Godwin

James Mangold’s 1997 crime drama saw the actor once again prove himself against the odds.

A new documentary tells the forgotten story of Iraq’s Jews

By Catherine Pearson

Remember Baghdad sheds light on a painful chapter in the nation’s history.

Every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie – ranked

By Little White Lies

From Commando to Conan, Terminator to Twins, we size up the cultural icon’s ample body of work.

Who’s That Knocking at My Door: How the world met Martin Scorsese

By Mark Allison

It’s 50 years since the director announced his arrival as a major new force in American cinema.

Oneohtrix Point Never discusses his intoxicating Good Time score

By Adam Woodward

Musician Daniel Lopatin on soundtracking the Safdie brothers’ stunning latest.

The Safdie brothers’ guide to shooting New York City

By David Jenkins

The Good Time directors reveal the secret to capturing the essence of their home town on screen.

What would you like to see from the Deadwood movie?

By Joe Boden

David Milch’s seminal western series is set for a big screen revival in 2018.

Five essential experimental short films

By Little White Lies

Shortform cinema to thrill and inspire, as chosen by LWLies and Staffordshire University.

Discover this yuletide slasher that inspired John Carpenter’s Halloween

By Anton Bitel

Black Christmas contains one of the earliest examples of the ‘final girl’ trope in horror cinema.

How Safe shows the realities of living with an incurable illness

By Stephen Puddicombe

Todd Haynes’ 1995 film stars Julianne Moore as a woman who becomes “allergic to the 20th century”.

Will Justice League give us a Superman we can believe in?

By Colin Biggs

Three films into the DCEU, the time to introduce a darker Man of Steel may have already passed.

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