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Festivals

Is this the first major artistic response to life under the pandemic?

by Marina Ashioti

Manchester International Festival returns to the city, reflecting a broad spectrum of culture, visual arts and performance
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Incoming

Who is Cate Shortland and why has she directed a Marvel movie?

by Natasha Jagger

How this talented Australian indie director ended up helming one of the year’s biggest blockbusters.
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Home Ents

Discover this postmodern, manga-inspired meditation on authorship

by Anton Bitel

Tezuka’s Barbara is a meta ode to the director’s late father, the ​‘godfather’ of the Japanese graphic novel.
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In Praise Of

In praise of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s sugar cube

by Matthew Walker

How a five-second shot from 1994’s Three Colours: Blue captures the protagonist’s sense of grief and loss.
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In Praise Of

How Legally Blonde became an unlikely feminist classic

by Lorna Codrai

In defying the dumb blonde trope, Reese Witherspoon gave us a new kind of female protagonist to root for.
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Incoming

Michael Myers slashes his way through the Halloween Kills trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Jamie Lee Curtis reprises the role of Laurie for David Gordon Green’s addition to the horror franchise.
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Incoming

The first trailer for The Harder They Fall revives the Black Western with style

by Charles Bramesco

Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield, Idris Elba, and Jonathan Majors star in the yarn of cowpokes and outlaws.
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Festivals

Uncovering a new wave of innovative Greek documentaries

by Marina Ashioti

The 23th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival showcases a selection of top homegrown talent.
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LWLies Sixties

LWLies Sixties Presents… Bonnie and Clyde reimagined

by Adam Woodward

Our partnership with 99designs by Vistaprint continues with Camila Flamenco’s take on Arthur Penn’s classic crime-drama.
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Incoming

A new documentary will go behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival

by Charles Bramesco

Cannes Uncut will capture the ​“glorious excesses” of the world’s most glamorous film festival.