Posts by Jack Godwin

How Bolaji Badejo’s performance brought Alien’s xenomorph to life

By Jack Godwin

The Nigerian student with a physique like a “Giacometti sculpture“ was a perfect fit for HR Giger’s monster.

How Cop Land deconstructed Sylvester Stallone’s legacy

By Jack Godwin

James Mangold’s 1997 crime drama saw the actor once again prove himself against the odds.

A new documentary reveals the genius of Hayao Miyazaki

By Jack Godwin

Never-Ending Man offers rare insight into the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s creative process.

20 things you need to know about Twin Peaks Season 3

By Jack Godwin

Who’s back, who’s missing, and will we see more of the Red Room?

Man Down

By Jack Godwin

A fired-up Shia LaBeouf tries and fails to salvage this muddled war drama.

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A Dark Song promises to put a refreshing spin on satanic horror

By Jack Godwin

Watch the trailer for Liam Gavin’s feature debut, starring Steve Oram.

Al Gore takes aim at Trump in the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth

By Jack Godwin

The former Vice President turns up the heat in the follow-up to his award-winning climate change doc.

Watch Casey Affleck haunt Rooney Mara in the trailer for A Ghost Story

By Jack Godwin

The Ain’t Them Bodies Saints pair reunite for this minimalist drama.

Watch the first full trailer for Fargo Season 3

By Jack Godwin

Ewan McGregor is unrecognisable in this teaser for the returning Coens-based crime-thriller.

Escape from New York is being remade by Robert Rodriguez

By Jack Godwin

John Carpenter’s classic sci-fi is being rebooted – but who will play eye-patched antihero Snake Plissken?

Watch the trailer for Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert

By Jack Godwin

Nicole Kidman stars in this true story of a woman who defied an empire.

Cate Blanchett is set for a new Richard Linklater film

By Jack Godwin

She’ll star alongside Kristen Wiig in Where’d You Go, Bernadette.

Brie Larson cast as first female presidential candidate

By Jack Godwin

The Free Fire actor will play suffragette Victoria Woodhull who ran for office in 1872.

Watch Angelo Badalamenti explain how he wrote Laura Palmer’s Theme

By Jack Godwin

The composer reveals the inspiration behind his iconic Twin Peaks score.

David Lynch’s TV commercials are even weirder than his films

By Jack Godwin

From a severed Barbie head to Twin Peaks spin-offs, the director has made some truly bonkers ads over the years.

This amazing video explores the making of Do the Right Thing

By Jack Godwin

Take a fascinating behind the scenes look at the director’s 1989 film.

How long before virtual reality takes over from film?

By Jack Godwin

An extraordinary new film called Dear Angelica sees the young medium take a giant leap forward.

Watch the touching trailer for In This Corner of the World

By Jack Godwin

Sunao Katabuchi’s wartime drama follows a young girl in Hiroshima circa 1945.

The Transfiguration is a post-modern vampire movie with a twist

By Jack Godwin

Watch the trailer for Michael O’Shea’s intriguing indie horror.

Pixar’s Coco gets a charming first trailer

By Jack Godwin

The animation studio’s latest is inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead.

Netflix is releasing an unfinished Orson Welles film

By Jack Godwin

The Other Side of the Wind is finally being completed and could be available to stream this year.

It looks as though we’re getting a second Alien movie this year…

By Jack Godwin

At least, that’s the vibe we’re getting from the skin-crawling new Life trailer.

Wes Anderson says Isle of Dogs is inspired by Akira Kurosawa

By Jack Godwin

The director recently revealed details about his new film in an hour-long video masterclass.

Watch an exclusive clip from Anna Biller’s The Love Witch

By Jack Godwin

Samantha Robinson serves up a lesson in gender politics in this subversive horror melodrama.

Hugh Jackman is playing Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s biopic

By Jack Godwin

The Logan star will play the Italian auto entrepreneur in the director’s long-gestating drama.

The Chamber

By Jack Godwin

A hostile situation on a deep sea sub off the coast of North Korea – it’s sadly not as fun as it sounds.

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Spike Lee’s Rodney King film is coming to Netflix next month

By Jack Godwin

The director has adapted Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man show.

Would you want the power to decide how a TV series ends?

By Jack Godwin

Netflix is working on interactive shows with multiple endings.

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are making a film about the Pentagon Papers

By Jack Godwin

The actor will star alongside Meryl Streep in political drama The Post.

An unrealised Akira Kurosawa project is finally being made

By Jack Godwin

The Masque of the Black Death is being developed from a finished script by the late Japanese master.

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