Contributor Lillian Crawford

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Interviews

Hirokazu Koreeda: ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto and I were a good match’

by Lillian Crawford

The Japanese filmmaker reflects on the moving experience of working with composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on his final score, for his new drama Monster.
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Events

What might a more inclusive film programming world look like?

by Lillian Crawford

Lillian Crawford and her fellow Barbican Young Programmers reflect on their experiences of curating film events and hopes for a more inclusive film programming community.
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Review

Maestro review – as heady and bombastic as a golden-age Hollywood musical

by Lillian Crawford

Bradley Cooper soars in this lovingly crafted biopic of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein.

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4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Holdovers review – the most scintillating festive movie in years

by Lillian Crawford

A curmudgeonly teacher, a grieving cook and a petulant young student find themselves thrown together for the holidays in Alexander Payne's excellent Christmassy dramedy.

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Review

Doctor Jekyll review – gives Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing a run for their money

by Lillian Crawford

Hammer Horror returns with a genderflipped take on Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic novel, starring Eddie Izzard as a leading figure of the pharmaceutical industry with a dark secret.

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3
In Retrospect
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What's On

Put on your red shoes and dance: the enduring euphoria of Powell & Pressburger

by Lillian Crawford

A new season organised by the BFI in partnership with Thelma Schoonmaker brings many classic Powell & Pressburger films – including new restorations – to the big screen once more.
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Interviews

Thelma Schoonmaker: ‘Powell left a little furnace burning inside of me’

by Lillian Crawford

Ahead of the BFI's landmark Powell & Pressburger retrospective, the legendary film editor speaks about her relationship with Michael Powell, the process of restoring film, and how Powell & Pressburger influenced Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Review

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour review – the story of a lifetime

by Lillian Crawford

The pop princess's record-breaking stadium tour comes to the big screen with thrilling results for fans.

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Anticipation
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In Retrospect
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Review

La Syndicaliste

by Lillian Crawford

Isabelle Huppert stars as the head union representative of a multinational nuclear power company in Jean-Paul Salomé’s corporate drama.

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2
In Retrospect
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Review

Greatest Days

by Lillian Crawford

A group of estranged friends reunite for a pop pilgrimage in Coky Giedroyc's dire big screen version of the official Take That musical.

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Why watch Film on Film?

by Lillian Crawford

The BFI's first annual Film on Film festival aims to celebrate and educate on the wonders of celluloid, from nitrate and 35mm to 3D.
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Review

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

by Lillian Crawford

Nina Menkes’ broad-strokes, reactionary investigation of the male gaze is more interested in cherry-picking than it is insightful critique.

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