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Features

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In Praise Of

Fantastic Mr. Fox at 15: a celebration of change and difference

by Cat Searcey

In his stop-motion adap­ta­tion of Roald Dahl’s clas­sic caper, Wes Ander­son high­lights the neces­si­ty of over­com­ing a fear of change.
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Interviews

Tyler Taormina: ‘The soundtrack is one of the germinating seeds of the work’

by David Jenkins

Christ­mas Eve in Miller’s Point is a Yule­tide clas­sic in the mak­ing, and its direc­tor has a sin­cere fond­ness for the hol­i­day season.
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Festivals

Trauma ripples through time at the London Film Festival

by Erin Mussett

Jesse Eisen­berg, Mal­colm Wash­ing­ton and Christo­pher Andrews explored the diverg­ing man­i­fes­ta­tions of gen­er­a­tional trau­ma at this year’s Lon­don Film Festival.
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The transportive beauty of modern magical realism

by Nadia Maria Oliva

In two of 2024’s best films – Bird and On Becom­ing A Guinea Fowl – real­i­ty blurs with fan­ta­sy when the world becomes too cru­el to stand.
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Not Movies

When did theatre become so reliant on film?

by Holly Williams

With screen-to-stage adap­ta­tions pop­ping up in the West End every week, what’s caused the the­atre world to rely so heav­i­ly on cin­e­ma for source material?
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Acting Up

The engrossing ’90s nonsense of Denzel Washington

by Chloe Walker

One of the great­est actors of all time found a com­pelling niche star­ring in some of the decade’s zani­est high-con­cept thrillers.
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Festivals

Greek Cinema Now: A Postcard from the Thessaloniki Film Festival

by Rafa Sales Ross

While the likes of Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos and Athi­na Rachel Tsan­gari have gone trav­el­ling the world, what’s going down on the Greek home front?
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Festivals

Taking stock of Japanese cinema at Tokyo International Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

The biggest cel­e­bra­tion of cin­e­ma in Japan shows promise as an event in the city’s cul­tur­al calendar.
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Interviews

Franz Rogowski: ‘If you talk about birds, you always talk about ethereal energy’

by Savina Petkova

The Ger­man star unlocks the process of deep immer­sion that led him to dis­cov­er­ing his char­ac­ter in Andrea Arnold’s Bird.
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Interviews

Barry Keoghan: ‘I have my own method; I’m still learning and discovering’

by David Jenkins

The role of charis­mat­ic chancer Bug in Andrea Arnold’s Bird feels like a vic­to­ry lap for Hol­ly­wood’s most unlike­ly new darling.