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Charlie Kaufman’s fast food obsession

By Lillian Crawford

I’m Thinking of Ending Things is another sly critique of capitalism and the commodification of cinema.

Francis Ford Coppola has prepared a new edit of The Godfather Part III

By Charles Bramesco

Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone will restore the director and Mario Puzo’s original vision.

No Time to Die gets an action-stuff, neon-soaked new trailer

By Charles Bramesco

Daniel Craig’s 007 will return to brick-and-mortar cinemas in November, by gum.

Brady Corbet has cast his ambitious next film The Brutalist

By Charles Bramesco

Mark Rylance, Vanessa Kirby and Marion Cotillard have joined the actor-director’s postwar epic.

Why I love Gene Hackman’s performance in The Conversation

By Alexander Boucher

His role as taciturn surveillance expert Harry Caul is a masterful portrayal of alienation and loneliness.

Paul Mescal set to star in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter

By Charles Bramesco

The Normal People actor has been cast in the upcoming psychological thriller, Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut.

Clemency director Chinonye Chukwu is making an Emmett Till biopic

By Charles Bramesco

The drama will cover its subject’s 1955 lynching and his mother’s historic campaign for justice.

She Dies Tomorrow is the defining film of the doomer generation

By Annika Morling

Amy Seimetz’s apocalyptic horror speaks to the growing pessimism about the future among young people.

How V-Cinema sparked a Japanese filmmaking revolution

By James Balmont

The ’90s straight-to-video boom reinvigorated the industry and made stars of directors like Takashi Miike.

Meet the trans woman of colour chronicling life in America’s margins

By Ryan Coleman

Isabel Sandoval’s third feature, Lingua Franca, gives a voice to some of the world’s most vilified and vulnerable people.

Paleontology and sapphic passions combine in the Ammonite trailer

By Charles Bramesco

19th-century Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet fall in love in Francis Lee’s latest.

The gaslighting at the heart of Inception

By Malcolm Ring

Christopher Nolan’s mind-altering sci-fi seeks to redeem Cobb for his actions, but is he worthy of our sympathy?

The Berlin Film Festival has done away with gendered acting categories

By Charles Bramesco

The Berlinale will stick to Leading Performance and Supporting Performance categories in future.

Ai Weiwei has made a sobering pandemic documentary in secrecy

By Charles Bramesco

The Chinese artist-filmmaker’s gorgeous, shattering CoroNation quietly arrived online over the weekend.

Watch: Yojimbo vs A Fistful of Dollars

By Leigh Singer

Our latest Remake/Remodel video essay analyses the impact of Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epic on Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti western.

Inside Satoshi Kon’s unfinished meta-nightmares

By Kambole Campbell

The anime master behind Paprika and Perfect Blue left behind several incomplete projects which could still be realised.

Black female empowerment in Bring It On

By Ayoola Solarin

The cheerleading comedy has aged better than most early-2000s teen movies, especially in how it tackles systematic inequality and cultural appropriation.

The production designer who finds inspiration on the open road

By Adam Woodward

Surviving the perils of solo creativity is tough. In the latest instalment of our series supporting artists through lockdown, Malin Lindholm reveals how she’s continued to feed her wanderlust and her reactive process during the pandemic.

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