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Features

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Festivals

Is it time to retire the term “documentary”?

by David Jenkins

The annual Frames of Representation festival at London’s ICA cinema makes the case for film as a more inclusive medium.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Rachel Weisz’s performance in The Deep Blue Sea

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

In Terence Davies’ postwar melodrama, she turns Hester Collyer into one of cinema’s great tragic heroines.
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In Praise Of

Why 49th Parallel is one of the most cunning war films ever made

by Sam Manning

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger employed propaganda to potent effect in their 1941 submarine drama.
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Interviews

Reggie Yates: ‘We seldom see Black British coming-of-age stories’

by Marina Ashioti

How a love of cars, London and UK garage informed the writer/director’s madcap debut feature, Pirates.
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In Praise Of

In defence of Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain

by Simon Bland

Dismissed as a self-indulgent folly upon release, this fatalistic fantasy drama deserves a second look.
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Film Music

How The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour pioneered the visual album

by Mark Allison

In 1967, the Fab Four embarked on an extravagant, experimental journey that would redefine what a promotional film could be.
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Interviews

Robert Greene: ‘This film is indictment of how the media portrays survivors’

by Charles Bramesco

The director discusses the complex ethics of his new documentary, Procession, which gives a voice to survivors of sexual abuse.
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Incoming

Martin Scorsese and Jonah Hill will team up on a Jerry Garcia biopic

by Charles Bramesco

The portrait of the Grateful Dead frontman will be Scorsese’s next directing gig after Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Interviews

Céline Sciamma: ‘I would love for someone to make this film into an anime’

by Lillian Crawford

The French maestro on how she’s matured as a filmmaker, and the secrets hidden in her beguiling latest, Petite Maman.
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In Praise Of

Why The Portrait of a Lady remains Jane Campion’s most bittersweet film

by Kayleigh Donaldson

Twenty-five years on, this adaptation of the classic Henry James novel offers an unflinching study of female sorrow.