Contributor Leila Latif

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Review

King Richard

by Leila Latif

Reinaldo Marcus Green gets the best out of Will Smith in this biopic of Venus and Serena Williams’ father and coach.

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Interviews

Lashana Lynch: ‘A lot of nations need to own up to their history’

by Leila Latif

The British star of ear for eye on why the conversation around race needs to extend beyond the Black community.
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Not Movies

Midnight Mass is a thrilling tribute to Stephen King’s literary legacy

by Leila Latif

Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix outing, set in a small island community, is his most ambitious and personal work to date.
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Review

Candyman

by Leila Latif

Nia DaCosta re-examines the white saviour and Black boogeyman tropes in her bold horror reimagining.

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Interviews

Nia DaCosta: ‘Candyman turns the white-saviour narrative on its head’

by Leila Latif

The industrious director reveals how she put a personal stamp on her Jordan Peele-produced refit of a horror classic.
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Review

Free Guy

by Leila Latif

Ryan Reynolds has an existential crisis inside a video game in this mostly entertaining action-adventure-comedy.

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A new film season explores what it means to be mixed heritage

by Leila Latif

T A P E Collective discuss their BFI takeover and why representation is at the heart of their programming ethos.
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In Praise Of

The enduring legacy of Ousmane Sembène

by Leila Latif

A new restoration of his long out-of-print 1968 film Mandabi offers cause to celebrate the late Senegalese maverick.
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Review

After Love

by Leila Latif

Joanna Scanlan’s Islamic convert goes on a literal and metaphorical journey following the death of her husband.

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Review

Violation

by Leila Latif

Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer’s gruelling rape revenge thriller shrewdly subverts the genre.

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