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It’s a Sin shows the tragic consequences of misinformation

By Sam Moore

Russell T Davies’ landmark AIDS drama reveals how confusion and fear gripped gay men in 1980s.

How Chungking Express brought dream pop to Hong Kong

By James Balmont

Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and The Cranberries’ Noel Hogan reflect on the musical legacy of Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 film.

David Squires on… The life and times of Christopher Plummer

By Little White Lies

Our resident cartoonist pays tribute to the late, great Canadian actor.

How Never Say Never revolutionised (and ruined) the pop star doc

By Sydney Urbanek

The Justin Bieber concert film created a formula that streaming giants are now running into the ground.

Judd Apatow will attempt to find the funny in COVID with his new film

By Charles Bramesco

Karen Gillan, Maria Bakalova, Pedro Pascal, Peter Serafinowicz and more are already on board.

How Tod Browning’s Dracula changed horror cinema forever

By Adam Scovell

The 1931 film put the Count firmly on the cultural map and moved the genre on from its silent origins.

Trust No One: The lingering paranoia of The Parallax View

By Saffron Maeve

Alan J Pakula’s prescient 1974 political thriller sees Warren Beatty infiltrate a shady organisation.

M Night Shyamalan heads to the beach in the first trailer for Old

By Charles Bramesco

A small section of coast seems to be rapidly ageing Vicky Krieps and Gael García Bernal in the new thriller.

Discover this gross-out ’90s high school movie by way of Jurassic Park

By Anton Bitel

Starring Denise Richards and an animatronic dino, Tammy and the T-Rex is one of the decade’s campiest curios.

What Hollywood gets wrong with cancer movies

By Emilia Rolewicz

Excessively sentimental films like The Fault in Our Stars don’t reflect my experience with the condition.

Todd Haynes will direct Michelle Williams in a film about Peggy Lee

By Charles Bramesco

Billie Eilish is also reported to be starring in the director’s upcoming biopic of the American jazz singer.

Yorgos Lanthimos is reworking Frankenstein with Emma Stone

By Charles Bramesco

The pair are set to adapt the novel ‘Poor Things’, about an undead woman pieced back together.

Discover this newly restored Hitchcock aping cult horror

By Anton Bitel

With its surreal premise and zoological themes, Richard Franklin’s Link remains a most curious creature.

David Squires on… The ongoing James Bond release debacle

By Little White Lies

Our resident cartoonist addresses the impact of 007’s long-delayed latest escapade on the UK cinema industry.

A new short doc paints an unforgiving portrait of human stupidity

By Rebecca Speare-Cole

Otto Bell’s The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima shows the devastating aftermath of a nuclear disaster.

How Derek Jarman’s films queer the narrative of history

By Sam Moore

In 1976’s Sebastiane and 1986’s Caravaggio, the director refuses to relegate homosexuality to the subtext.

George Clooney is reviving Buck Rogers for the small screen

By Charles Bramesco

The old-times hero of pulp fiction paperbacks will get the blockbuster treatment from Legendary.

Discover a new streaming service with unseen films by women directors

By Elena Lazic

Klassiki is launching on the back of a popular lockdown movie club.

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