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Features

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Festivals

Community and creativity thrive at Finland’s Tampere Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

At Northern Europe’s oldest short film festival, cinephiles from around the world come together to declare small is beautiful – be it in the sauna or on the ice.
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In Praise Of

How 10 Things I Hate About You made Shakespeare hot property

by Nadira Begum

25 years ago, Gil Junger’s spiky teen romance reinvented The Taming of the Shrew – and made Shakespeare cool again.
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Festivals

Queer Times: How Thessaloniki International Doc Festival are celebrating LGBTQ+ Cinema

by Christina Newland

A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empathy, a bit of violence and a hopeful vision for the future of Greek cinema.
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Interviews

Under the Cover: Petra Eriksson

by Little White Lies

We go behind the scenes on the cover of LWLies 102: The Challengers Issue with illustrator, Swedish artist and graphic designer Petra Eriksson.
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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 102: the Challengers issue – Out now!

by Little White Lies

Join our fully-illustrated celebration of Luca Guadagnino’s sparkling sports romcom.
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Interviews

Griffin Dunne: ‘Scorsese’s energy and enthusiasm was infectious’

by Leigh Singer

The star of Martin Scorsese’s down and dirty 1985 runaround reflects on the strange journey of getting After Hours made and how Spielberg and De Palma influenced the film’s ending.
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This Just In

How fanfiction took over the film world

by Rehana Nurmahi

With the lead character of The Idea of You bearing a striking resemblance to Harry Styles, we take a look at the relatively recent history of Wattpad and fanfiction-based films taking over the box office.
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This Just In

A victimless genocide: the politics of omission in The Zone of Interest and Oppenheimer

by Maia Wyman

While Jonathan Glazer and Christopher Nolan’s World War Two-set films have been critically lauded, their construction raises questions about how we digest images of systematic murder.
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Home Ents

What to watch at home in March

by Anton Bitel

A Hideo Nakata classic, a New York city murder mystery and a previously unreleased wuxia adventure are among the highlights on offer this month across physical media and digital.
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Interviews

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke: ‘Let’s just embrace love and sex’

by Hannah Strong

The married duo behind Drive-Away Dolls bicker about Russ Meyer and reveal their plans for queer comedy genre movie domination.