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Trailers

Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird gets a glorious official trailer

by Nick Chen

Saoirse Ronan faces a quar­ter-life cri­sis in this semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal debut.
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How to dance like Greta Gerwig

by Nick Chen

A cel­e­bra­tion of the actor’s most mem­o­rable moves, from Frances Ha to 20th Cen­tu­ry Women.
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The Big Sick does stand-up comedy right by doing it wrong

by Nick Chen

Kumail Nanjiani’s por­tray­al of a pro­fes­sion­al joke-teller is refresh­ing­ly hon­est and authentic.
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Six of Paul Verhoeven’s most controversial moments

by Nick Chen

From Show­girls to Star­ship Troop­ers, delve into the Dutch filmmaker’s provoca­tive back catalogue.
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Before you see Moonlight, seek out Medicine for Melancholy

by Nick Chen

This San Fran­sis­co-set dra­ma from 2008 is the per­fect primer for Bar­ry Jenk­ins’ crit­i­cal­ly-acclaimed latest.
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How to rig an election (according to the movies)

by Nick Chen

From sub­lim­i­nal mes­sag­ing to phoney wars, here’s how to screw over your polit­i­cal rival, Hol­ly­wood style.
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How Brian De Palma influenced the films of Noah Baumbach

by Nick Chen

Despite their styl­is­tic dif­fer­ences, these great Amer­i­can direc­tors share a sim­i­lar approach to filmmaking.
Trailers

Damien Chazelle’s La La Land gets a heavenly first trailer

by Nick Chen

Watch Ryan Gosling ser­e­nade Emma Stone in the first look at the director’s fol­low-up to Whiplash.
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Ryan Gosling has always been funny, it’s just taken everyone a while to notice

by Nick Chen

With The Nice Guys the Cana­di­an star shows he’s a com­e­dy per­former worth tak­ing seriously.
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An automotive guide to the films of Richard Linklater

by Nick Chen

Take a chrono­log­i­cal cruise through the writer/director’s career-long obses­sion with cars.
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In Praise Of

Why the swimming pool is the real star of A Bigger Splash

by Nick Chen

A shal­low body of water har­bours deep emo­tions in Luca Guadagnino’s scin­til­lat­ing Sicil­ian drama.
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How come children’s horror movies aren’t scary any more?

by Nick Chen

Over­ly sani­tised film like Goose­bumps are depriv­ing younger view­ers of for­ma­tive moviego­ing experiences.