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How Saving Private Ryan changed the war movie

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.

What to watch at home in September

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.

LWLies 100: Special Anniversary Issue – Out now!

By David Jenkins

Party hats and streamers at the ready as we celebrate our bumper birthday edition – with four stunning covers up for grabs.

Why I love the lesbian documentaries of the 1990s

By Lucy Talbot Allen

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.

Sofia Coppola invites us into her world with her first book

By Hannah Strong

Archive is a glamorous look at the filmmaker's creative process, including script notes, correspondence, and plenty of behind-the-scenes photos.

Portrait of the journalist as a young grifter: Shattered Glass at 20

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.

Past Lives finally pushes the As-Am Diaspora genre into the present

By Sylvia Jiho Lee

Celine Song's swooning take on being caught between two worlds is a vital step forward for Asian American cinema.

The long, complex evolution of the blockbuster

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.

The double-edged sword of technology in Scrapper and Past Lives

By Clotilde Chinnici

Charlotte Regan and Celine Song's debut features represent the conflicting attitudes towards the prominent role technology takes in modern life.

How theatre kids finally found their spotlight

By Rehana Nurmahi

Talented, ambitious, and painfully earnest – the 'theatre kid' has long been a source of cinematic ridicule. How did it come to this?

Oldboy and the aesthetics of national trauma

By Anabelle Johnston

As Park Chan-wook's seminal revenge thriller turns 20, it remains one of South Korean cinema's most piercing political indictments.

Exploring Ousmane Sembène’s activist cinema at 100

By Henry Roberts

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.

Close to dogliness: the Christian undertones of canines in Hollywood

By Daisy Steinhardt

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.

American Graffiti and the lasting impact of nostalgia on cinema

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.

Why I love Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday

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.

What to watch at home in August

By Anton Bitel

Buster Keaton, time travel and an unlikely romance are among the gems to take home on Blu-ray and DVD this month.

The irrepressible screen presence of Jason Statham

By Callie Petch

One of cinema's leading hard men, the former model and Commonwealth diver has carved out a dependable – and at times greatly entertaining – niche.

The uplifting, transformative coming-of-age cinema of Greta Gerwig

By Mallory Blair

A writer reflects on how watching Greta Gerwig's Little Women led to a life-changing revelation, and the comfort found in her cinema of girlhood.

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