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LWLies Sixties Presents… Cléo from 5 to 7 reimagined

By Adam Woodward

Evgeny Todorov’s retro-styled homage to Agnès Varda’s Parisian sojourn is the latest poster in our partnership with 99designs by Vistaprint.

Watch the world exclusive trailer for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

By Adam Woodward

The star of Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice reflects on his life in this melancholy documentary.

In praise of Ghost World’s Bollywood-inspired opening credits

By Saffron Maeve

For a film that actively disengages from popular American culture, the Indian dance sequence is a perfect fit.

Alexander Payne’s next film will reunite him with Paul Giamatti

By Charles Bramesco

The Holdovers puts the Sideways star at an elite prep school over the holidays circa 1970.

How Basic Instinct turned the erotic thriller on its head

By Anton Bitel

Paul Verhoeven’s subversive 1992 film is a Hitchcockian thriller with the kink brought to the surface.

Fat Girl remains a radical reflection on female sexuality and power

By Rachel Pronger

In her provocative 2001 film, Catherine Breillat holds a mirror to society before smashing it to pieces.

How Ace in the Hole foreshadowed the post-truth era

By Thomas Hobbs

Billy Wilder’s 1951 noir has obvious parallels with our current age of fake news and alternative facts.

In praise of Shiva Baby and the Messy Bisexual

By Anna Bogutskaya

Emma Seligman’s growing pains comedy ushers in a new era for bi characters who are not judged on their sexuality.

LWLies Sixties Presents… 2001: A Space Odyssey reimagined

By Adam Woodward

Our partnership with 99designs by Vistaprint continues with Jim Stoten’s psychedelic take on Kubrick’s sci-fi classic.

Jessica Chastain praises the good lord in The Eyes of Tammy Faye trailer

By Charles Bramesco

She plays televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the new dramatization of her improbable rise and fall.

Bryan Fuller is pumping the gas on a remake of Stephen King’s Christine

By Charles Bramesco

The creator of TV's Hannibal and Pushing Daisies will make his foray into movies with the tale of automotive horror.

The enduring legacy of Ousmane Sembène

By Leila Latif

A new restoration of his long out-of-print 1968 film Mandabi offers cause to celebrate the late Senegalese maverick.

Everyone’s armed and dangerous in the first trailer for No Sudden Move

By Charles Bramesco

Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Amy Seimetz and Jon Hamm star in Steven Soderbergh’s period crime caper.

Reality and fantasy overlap in the first trailer for Bergman Island

By Charles Bramesco

Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska and Anders Danielsen Lie appear in Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest.

In praise of Romy Schneider’s backless dresses in The Swimming Pool

By Rafaela Bassili

The simmering sexual tension in Jacques Deray’s 1969 film is perfectly encapsulated by the actor’s striking attire.

David Squires on… Planning your summer staycation

By Little White Lies

Planning a holiday in the UK this year? Just make sure you read the customer reviews first...

An oral history of Y tu mamá también

By Jason Wood

Read an exclusive extract from ‘The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema’, featuring interviews with Alfonso Cuarón, Emmanuel Lubezki and more.

Introducing LWLies Sixties… A decade of film art reimagined

By Adam Woodward

The first poster in our partnership with 99designs by Vistaprint pays tribute to Věra Chytilová’s offbeat satire, Daisies.

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