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The Case for Art

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

As lockdown in the UK eases, Sophie Monks Kaufman reflects on the value of cultural exchange on a personal and societal level.

LWLies 85: Food & Film Special – On Sale Now!

By David Jenkins

Our latest print edition brings together two of life’s foremost pleasures.

Jonathan Glazer and Mica Levi team up for ‘dancing plague’ film

By Charles Bramesco

Strasbourg 1518 pairs the Under the Skin director and composer with an ensemble of world-class dancers.

RIP Ennio Morricone – Eleven essential compositions

By Charles Bramesco

From Spaghetti western classics to the Tarantino pictures they inspired, a master’s digest.

Discover this avant grade war drama 40 years in the making

By Kambole Campbell

Hausu director Nobuhiko Obayashi’s penultimate film, Hanagatami, is as surreal as it is moving.

David Squires on… Independence Day

By Little White Lies

As the UK’s pubs prepare to reopen, cartoonist David Squires advises against making plans for August...

The Japanese cult classic that paved the way for the modern female action hero

By James Balmont

In 1972’s Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, Meiko Kaji emerged as a bona fide, badass star.

Let The Sunshine In: The queer legacy of Miloš Forman’s Hair

By Brian Quinn

Beyond its anti-war rhetoric, the Czech director’s version of the Broadway musical is a story of same-sex love.

The pioneering filmmaker who broke the mould for women in Hollywood

By Pamela Hutchinson

Dorothy Arzner gave Golden Age female stars like Katharine Hepburn and Rosalind Russell intelligent, complex roles.

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick are working on a series about his younger years

By Charles Bramesco

The miniseries exploring the activist and football star’s formative experiences will run on Netflix.

In a bleak week, two artists have been sentenced to jail time

By Charles Bramesco

Kirill Serebrennikov and Taraneh Alidoosti have been critical of their respective states in recent weeks.

Discover the sly social critique of this Reagan-era teen thriller

By Anton Bitel

Sean S Cunningham’s The New Kids sees James Spader terrorise a group of upwardly-mobile youths.

Why Britannia Hospital remains a savage British satire

By Austin Collings

Lindsay Anderson’s spiky Thatcher-era comedy is the perfect sign off to his Mick Travis trilogy.

Looking beyond the violence of Baise-moi

By Daisy Phillipson

Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi explore sexual agency, trauma and the power of female friendship in this controversial 2000 thriller.

On Location: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

By Adam Scovell

A visit to two London locations featured in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Technicolor masterpiece.

Meet the women tackling racism in UK film and TV

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nisha Parti and Indira Varma discuss their experiences in the industry, and why they’re optimistic for change.

Barry Jenkins is dramatizing a gorilla conservation doc for Netflix

By Charles Bramesco

Leonardo DiCaprio is also producing the narrative adaptation of the film Virunga.

The production designer who uses location as inspiration

By Michael Fordham

Surviving the perils of solo creativity is tough. In the latest instalment of our series supporting artists through lockdown, Bobbie Cousins evokes a world that’s seldom seen.

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