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Features

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James Baldwin

The legacy of James Baldwin in cinema

by Mathew Ko

A cen­tu­ry after the birth of James Bald­win, his words con­tin­ue to echo across film­mak­ing culture.
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Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors

by Mark Carnochan

There is a trou­bling his­to­ry of male sur­vivors of sex­u­al assault being treat­ed as a joke in film and tele­vi­sion – one writer recounts find­ing solace in anoth­er story.
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Interviews

Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Is our modern pain valid?’

by Darren Richman

The actor and writer/​director of A Real Pain dis­cuss­es his Pol­ish her­itage and the tricky prospect of film­ing scenes for a com­e­dy dra­ma in a con­cen­tra­tion camp.
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Incoming

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part two

by Little White Lies

Here’s the sec­ond half of our annu­al pre­view, fea­tur­ing upcom­ing films from Lynne Ram­say, Bong Joon-ho and many more.
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Incoming

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part one

by Little White Lies

We’ve put togeth­er our annu­al pre­view of some excit­ing films to look out for in the next year.
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Dylan in the Movies

by Taylor Burns

As Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met stars in A Com­plete Unknown, we assess Bob Dylan’s idio­syn­crat­ic on-screen presence.
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Top Ranking

The 30 best films of 2024

by Little White Lies

We reveal 30 of our favourite films from this year, includ­ing some old favourites and new faces.
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Acting Up

What makes Bill Skarsgård so monstrous?

by Victoria Luxford

As he plays Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ Nos­fer­atu, we exam­ine the qual­i­ties that make Bill Skars­gård a com­pelling villain.
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10 films that deserve the Muppet Christmas Carol treatment

by Ben Smoke

In hon­our of the leg­endary fuzzy take on Dick­ens’ Christ­mas sto­ry, we offer up 10 films that could do with a pup­pet makeover.
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Interviews

Magic and Loss: On the making of Queer

by Hannah Strong

Luca Guadagni­no, Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey on bring­ing the clas­sic, con­tro­ver­sial William Bur­roughs nov­el kick­ing and scream­ing to the big screen.