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Interview: Cate Blanchett and Matty Sidle

by David Jenkins

With already countless strings to her acting bow, Cate Blanchett adds yet one more by starring in Matty Sidle’s experimental comic short, Bozo Over Roses.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Laura longs for an angel: On Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

by Willow Catelyn Maclay

Willow Catelyn Maclay reflects on the lonely last days of Laura Palmer in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks prequel.
Festivals

Guo Run – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The pain and confusion of miscarriage is presented with bracing clarity in Li Dongmei’s impressive character study.
Festivals

First Person Plural – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A bourgeois couple experience the noxious effects of a vaccine in this gorgeous, surreal study of corrupted minds and bodies.
Festivals

Vitrival – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This absorbing and carefully-crafted chronicle of a quaint Belgian village crumbling to pieces is 2025 breakout.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

One more cup of coffee in Mulholland Drive

by Adam Woodward

Adam Woodward reflects on the importance of a cup of coffee in David Lynch’s Hollywood neo-noir.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator

by David Jenkins

In our tribute to the works and worlds of David Lynch, David Jenkins reflects on his most spiritual film.
Acting Up

The many faces of Sidney Poitier

by John Livesey

As the BFI celebrates the legacy of an acting icon, we delve into Poitier’s complex legacy.
In Praise Of

Double Indemnity and the banality of evil

by Darren Richman

The shadow of the Holocaust and the filmmaker’s personal experience with it looms large across Billy Wilder’s most influential and enduring work.

Dances of desire in The Brutalist, Wicked, and Queer

by Carly Mattox

Several of 2024’s films explore the relationship between movement and belonging, with intriguing – and often moving – results.

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