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Features

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Festivals

Alone Together – first-look review

by Cassidy Olsen

This unique and often insightful documentary shows Charli XCX collaborating with her fans on a DIY quarantine album.
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Is the UK government doing enough to save independent cinema?

by Daisy Bata

The Chancellor’s Culture Recovery Fund is a welcome lifeline, but many businesses and industry workers are being left out in the cold.
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In Praise Of

“We were projecting forward” – James McTeigue on V for Vendetta at 15

by Simon Bland

The director reflects on the making and lasting cultural impact of his 2005 dystopian thriller.
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Incoming

Florian Zeller will continue to scale the family tree with The Son

by Charles Bramesco

The writer/​director of The Father is set to adapt his own play for his next feature film.
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Interviews

Darius Marder: ‘I wanted to show and capture deaf culture’

by Hannah Strong

The writer/​director of Sound of Metal discusses replicating the experience of deafness on screen.
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Home Ents

Discover the sole horror film produced during the Soviet era

by Anton Bitel

Viy, Konstantin Ershov and Georgiy Kropachyov’s 1967 Gothic chiller, boasts spectacular visuals and effects.
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Cartoon

David Squires on… The Crown Season 7

by Little White Lies

Our resident cartoonist outline the plot of the next season of the popular royal family TV drama.
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In Praise Of

In the Land of the Deaf remains a watershed for sign language cinema

by Isabelle Bucklow

Nicolas Philibert’s 1992 documentary is a sensitive and affecting portrayal of the deaf experience.
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On Location

On Location: The rural mansion from Night of the Demon

by Adam Scovell

Jacques Tourneur’s classic take on MR James’ Gothic chiller makes use of a partly-fictional English estate.
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Interviews

LaKeith Stanfield: ‘There’s a big fear about people of colour being in power’

by Leila Latif

The actor discusses the ambiguity of his role in Judas and the Black Messiah while espousing peace, love and connectivity.