Reviews

Undertone review – hits only bum notes
Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute, open-hearted microcosm
Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out fairly quickly
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – even worse than the first one
The Drama review – a very modern shotgun wedding
Kim Novak’s Vertigo review – the Hollywood grande dame has still got it

Features

Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man
Bashu, Beyzaie and the Paradox of Iranian Identity
The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn
Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public
Ryan Gosling – Jacket Man
Going Underground: Five picks from CPH:DOX

Club LWLies Exclusive

Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

by Desirae Embree

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining of James Whale’s 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein marks 40 years in the singular career of costume designer Sandy Powell.

The Beautiful and the Pointless

by Esmé Holden

If sex scenes, or any other type of scene, don’t need to serve the plot, do they need to serve anything at all?

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Undertone review – hits only bum notes

Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute, open-hearted microcosm

Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out fairly quickly

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – even worse than the first one

The Drama review – a very modern shotgun wedding

Kim Novak’s Vertigo review – the Hollywood grande dame has still got it

Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man

Bashu, Beyzaie and the Paradox of Iranian Identity

The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn

Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

Ryan Gosling – Jacket Man

Going Underground: Five picks from CPH:DOX

Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

The Beautiful and the Pointless