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The subversive talents of Dan Stevens

By Carly Mattox

From Downton Abbey to an Alpine horror via plenty of unnerving roles, Dan Stevens is forging his own fascinating path through filmmaking.

How relaxed screenings are increasing cinema accessibility

By Lewis Powell

A relatively new concept in exhibition, these neurodivergent-friendly events aim to widen cinema participation – but there's still a long way to go.

Cate Blanchett’s battle for the blockbuster

By Victoria Luxford

As Cate Blanchett stars in Borderlands, we survey her various forays into the world of high budget, high profile filmmaking.

LWLies 104: The Blink Twice issue – Out now!

By Little White Lies

The great Naomi Ackie graces the vibrant cover of our new issue celebrating Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut.

Because The Internet: the cursed, perverse realities of Adult Swim infomercials

By Sam Moore

On the late night programming block of an American television channel a series of bleak parody shorts riff on the relationship between the internet and spectatorship.

Navigating the surrealist maze of immigration in Problemista, Limbo and Green Border

By Elif Türkan Erisik

A new crop of films exploring the tension that comes with trying to assimilate in a new country ring true for one writer.

The timeless fluidity and androgyny of Purple Rain

By Ariana Martinez

As Prince's groundbreaking feature debut turns 40, its daring attitude towards gender and sexuality still feels revolutionary.

Cruise Control: The Hollywood star in stasis

By Jadie Stillwell

As Risky Business enters the Criterion Collection, we plot the trajectory of a star seemingly incapable of burning out.

Everybody Wants Him: The persuasive star power of Glen Powell

By Gayle Sequeira

From an average anatomy baseball player to a sarcastic personal assistant, Hollywood's newly anointed man of the moment appears to have figured out the formula for success.

A grindhouse cinema is born in South London

By Oisín McGilloway

Born first as a programme at The Cinema Museum, The Nickel is now moving into a permanent space, offering deep cuts and obscurities to a cine-curious audience.

The New Bootlegs: Open Matte Films & Unofficial Scans

By Lexie Corbett

The unofficial, often open matte scans of these films preserve a tactile history of cinema in its imperfect totality.

The politics of longing in the cinema of Nicholas Sparks

By Anna McKibbin

Within the wildly successful movies adapted from Sparks' bestselling novels, there's a formula for romantic success.

Shopping ’til you drop: Paul W.S. Anderson’s anarchic debut at 30

By Fran Bowden

Three decades on from its release, this 90s thriller echoes the disenfranchisement of young people and sensationalisation of shoplifting.

What to watch at home in June

By Anton Bitel

A maligned VR pioneer, a Powell and Pressburger gem and an Italian football thriller are headed for home ents this month.

The possibilities (and problems) of Mexico’s Cineteca Nacional

By Shyal Bhandari

A state-funded cinema and archive, the Cineteca Nacional is a beautiful example of a public arts space – but is it for the few, rather than the many?

At the Dream Emulator Film Club, the boundaries between video games and cinema no longer exist

By Barney Nuttall

Meeting monthly at Dalston's Rio Cinema, this new project shows experimental visual art that defies classical categorisation.

One Life and British cinema’s nostalgia for World War Two

By Clotilde Chinnici

The past is undeniably present in contemporary representations of the British war effort, representing an obsession with former military glory and world influence.

LWLies 103: The Kinds of Kindness issue – Out now!

By Little White Lies

Yorgos Lanthimos is up to his old tricks with this delightfully mean allegorical anthology.

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