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Jane Campion is ready for her first male protagonist

by Lydia Rostant

Benedict Cumberbatch is the perfect fit for the director’s upcoming neo-western, The Power of the Dog.
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Home Ents

Discover the eco-horror of this eerily prescient creature feature

by Anton Bitel

John Frankenheimer’s Prophecy sees Mother Nature exact revenge against a researcher couple in rural Maine.
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Video

Watch: Stephen Park breaks down his Fargo character

by Adam Woodward

The real-life Mike Yanagita tells the story of one of the most memorable scenes in the Coen brothers’ filmography.
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Cartoon

David Squires on… Bob Odenkirk in Nobody (UK edition)

by Little White Lies

Our resident cartoonist puts a decidedly British spin on the recent everyman action-thriller.
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Incoming

Take a first look at Florence Pugh in period piece The Wonder

by Charles Bramesco

She’s headed to 19th-century Ireland for director Sebastián Lelio’s medical-intrigue drama.
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In Praise Of

The subversive sexual politics of Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me

by Adam Scovell

Compared to other films of the counter-culture era, Eastwood’s directorial debut looks at the darker side of Free Love.
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Interviews

Sian Heder: ‘A disability is only a disability if society makes it so’

by Charlie Little

The director of CODA discusses working with the Deaf community for her tender coming-of-age drama.
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In Praise Of

How Ping Pong revolutionised British Chinese cinema

by Ian Wang

Po-Chih Leong’s 1986 feature, the first by a British Chinese director, was a landmark release. So why has it been largely forgotten?
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Incoming

Margot Robbie has joined the cast of Wes Anderson’s next film

by Charles Bramesco

She’ll appear alongside Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray in the director’s mystery project set in Spain.
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Film Music

The timeless cinematic appeal of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Both Sides Now’

by Emily Maskell

Decades after its original release, this bittersweet symphony continues to be an irresistible needle drop.