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Features

Three women of diverse ethnicities in vibrant red, green, and pink clothing against a colourful abstract background.

A new film season explores what it means to be mixed heritage

by Leila Latif

T A P E Collective discuss their BFI takeover and why representation is at the heart of their programming ethos.
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Incoming

Walter Hill’s new western pits Christoph Waltz against Willem Dafoe

by Charles Bramesco

They’ll play a bounty hunter and an outlaw, respectively, in the veteran director’s upcoming Dead for a Dollar.
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Incoming

Fast cars and smashed spines abound in the first trailer for Titane

by Charles Bramesco

A car showroom model, a grieving father, and a woman with a mysterious past cross paths in Julia Ducournau’s latest.
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In Praise Of

Pulp, Police and Politics: The hard and fast world of Poliziotteschi

by Adam Scovell

Throughout the 1970s an exciting subgenre dominated Italian cinema, combined action and crime to dizzying effect.
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In Praise Of

In praise of Beautiful Thing, a quintessentially British coming out movie

by Emily Maskell

Hettie Macdonald’s 1996 film contains a beautiful message of queer acceptance and togetherness.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Jane Russell’s performance in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Carmen Paddock

Her sharp-tongued turn in Howard Hawks’ 1953 comedy is the perfect foil for Marilyn Monroe’s bimbo act.
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In Praise Of

In praise of Old Boyfriends, a long overlooked portrait of female identity

by Caitlin Quinlan

Joan Tewkesbury’s sole directorial effort stars Talia Shire as a woman on a journey to rediscover herself.
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Incoming

Nicolas Cage goes searching for his porcine pal in the Pig trailer

by Charles Bramesco

In Michael Sarnoski’s low-key debut, the Cage takes revenge on the exploitative food industry.
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Interviews

Elia Suleiman: ‘I was a street kid who became a bum – but a thinking bum’

by Trevor Johnston

The Palestinian filmmaker discusses his new film It Must Be Heaven and finding humour in human displacement.
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LWLies Sixties

LWLies Sixties Presents… Cléo from 5 to 7 reimagined

by Adam Woodward

Evgeny Todorov’s retro-styled homage to Agnès Varda’s Parisian sojourn is the latest poster in our partnership with 99designs by Vistaprint.