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Features

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Interviews

Under the Cover: Sarah Madden

by Little White Lies

We go behind the scenes on the cov­er of LWLies 103: The Blink Twice Issue with Leeds-based illus­tra­tor Sarah Madden.
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Festivals

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Car­la J Eas­t­on and Blair Young’s infor­ma­tive doc­u­men­tary about Scot­land’s unsung musi­cal pio­neers strikes an impact­ful chord.
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Interviews

Kneecap: ‘There was no word for cocaine in Irish’

by Rógan Graham

Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Pró­vaí, bet­ter known as Kneecap, (plus direc­tor Rich Pep­pi­att) give the low­down on the cre­ation of their rau­cous qua­si-biopic, which cap­tures the for­ma­tion of their rap trio in Belfast and the ongo­ing fight to save the Irish language.
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Interviews

Naomi Ackie: ‘I know that feeling of wanting something that is just out of reach’

by Leila Latif

The star of Zoë Krav­itz’s vaca­tion thriller Blink Twice talks through her con­nec­tion to her char­ac­ter, a past life as a wait­ress and learn­ing to slow down.
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Shush! How can we fight the rise of disruptive cinema goers?

by Rory Kiberd

Gab­bing guests, flash­ing phone fans – is there no end to the crimes of the mod­ern cin­e­ma audience?
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Festivals

Lilies Not For Me – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Will Seefried’s con­fi­dent debut fea­ture tack­les a dev­as­tat­ing, over­looked his­to­ry through queer romance in the 1920s.
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Festivals

*smiles and kisses you* – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A man’s com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ship with an AI-pow­ered doll is the sub­ject of this odd­ly mov­ing yet moral­ly grey documentary.
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Interviews

Zoë Kravitz: ‘Directing is what I’ve always wanted to do’

by Leila Latif

The co-writer, pro­duc­er and direc­tor of Blink Twice reflects on the long jour­ney her first fea­ture took from idea to actualisation.
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Acting Up

The subversive talents of Dan Stevens

by Carly Mattox

From Down­ton Abbey to an Alpine hor­ror via plen­ty of unnerv­ing roles, Dan Stevens is forg­ing his own fas­ci­nat­ing path through filmmaking.
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How relaxed screenings are increasing cinema accessibility

by Lewis Powell

A rel­a­tive­ly new con­cept in exhi­bi­tion, these neu­ro­di­ver­gent-friend­ly events aim to widen cin­e­ma par­tic­i­pa­tion – but there’s still a long way to go.