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Features

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Festivals

Wild Diamond – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young woman with her heart set on social media stardom gets a shot at fame when she’s offered an audition for a reality series in Agathe Riedinger’s feature debut.
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Festivals

The Second Act – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The opening film of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival offers a limp metafictional critique of the modern film industry.
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On Location

Discover the Japanese fishing town that inspired Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo

by Adam Marshall

On a visit to the Edo-period town of Tomonoura, Adam Marshall explores the real – and imagined – backdrop to one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most beloved films.
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Interviews

Alice Rohrwacher: ‘The past must be a living thing’

by Hannah Strong

The Italian filmmaker on the magical mystery tour into the past that makes up her gorgeous latest, La Chimera.
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How Hollywood buried the original version of Meet the Parents

by Darren Richman

In 1992 Greg Glienna released a film about a man meeting his girlfriend’s parents for the first time. Eight years later, a Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro comedy with the same premise made a fortune. What happened?
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How music supervisor became the hottest job in Hollywood

by Carly Mattox

With some insights from the people curating the perfect soundtracks, we take a look at how a relatively new role in filmmaking has become essential to creating a memorable music moment in movies.
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Long Read

A Sporting Chance: Mental health and masculinity at the movies

by Ryan Finnigan

After finding unexpected catharsis in a documentary about snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ryan Finnigan reflects on the intersection of mental health and masculinity in the world of sporting cinema.
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Interviews

Rose Glass: ‘Like every director, there’s a god complex somewhere’

by Hannah Strong

The director of the storming after hours classic-in-the-making, Love Lies Bleeding, on the strange worlds of crime and bodybuilding.
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Festivals

Building community through creativity, Queer East Film Festival comes of age

by Cici Peng

Guest curator Cici Peng reflects on the remarkably programming on offer at the fifth edition, offering a mixture of screenings and immersive events that shift ideas of what a festival can be.
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Interviews

Three’s Company: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on Challengers

by David Jenkins

The trio at the heart of Luca Guadagnino’s racy tennis drama tell all about summer camp, short shorts, and their formative Guadagnino experiences.