Contributor John Wadsworth

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Posters

25 of the best movie posters from the 1990s

by John Wadsworth

A selection of iconic film art from the slacker generation.
Trailers

Aardman’s Early Man gets a delightful teaser trailer

by John Wadsworth

Take a first look at Nick Park’s claymation caveman adventure.
Trailers

Watch the gloriously silly first trailer for Mindhorn

by John Wadsworth

Julian Barratt plays a washed-up TV actor in this brilliant new comedy.
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Terrence Malick is a massive fan of Zoolander, apparently

by John Wadsworth

Read this and other surprising revelations in a fascinating new profile of the director.
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Review

Burning Sands

by John Wadsworth

Frat boy hazing becomes a metaphor for slavery in this muddled drama from director Gerard McMurray.

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In Retrospect
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Incoming

Ryan Gosling is playing Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s next film

by John Wadsworth

The pair are working on a biopic about the first man on the Moon.
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Review

The Creeping Garden

by John Wadsworth

Suppurating slime mould takes the limelight in this eccentric, sci-fi themed documentary.

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In Retrospect
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Incoming

A new series tells the story of the greatest horror movies never made

by John Wadsworth

Doomed projects like David Cronenberg’s Frankenstein are discussed in Untold Horror.
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Incoming

Martin Scorsese pledges to preserve classic African cinema

by John Wadsworth

The director is launching a vital new initiative called The African Film Heritage Project.
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Long Read

Lars von Trier – apocalyptic auteur

by John Wadsworth

The story of how the famously provocative Danish director lost control on his 2011 film, Melancholia.

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