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Features

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Festivals

Sweet Dreams – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Ena Sendijarević hits the sweet spot with this offbeat, surreal period piece set on a remote Indonesian island.
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Festivals

Animal – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Dimitra Vlagopoulou gives a knockout performance in Sofia Exarchou’s resort-set second feature about a group of seasonal performers.
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Interviews

Alice Winocour: ‘Post-traumatic memory is something very specific’

by Hannah Strong

The French filmmaker on the nuances of recreating a real-life terrorist attack in her reflective new film, Paris Memories.
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Acting Up

The irrepressible screen presence of Jason Statham

by Callie Petch

One of cinema’s leading hard men, the former model and Commonwealth diver has carved out a dependable – and at times greatly entertaining – niche.
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In Praise Of

The uplifting, transformative coming-of-age cinema of Greta Gerwig

by Mallory Blair

A writer reflects on how watching Greta Gerwig’s Little Women led to a life-changing revelation, and the comfort found in her cinema of girlhood.
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Why I Love...

Why I love a Seaside Weepie

by Lee Penfold

This subgenre of British film makes use of the many coastal beach towns around the UK – but often contrasts holidays and relaxing with characters experiencing some sort of crisis.
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This Just In

A first-hand account of Oppenheimer and Barbie’s censorship in Pakistan

by Adil Rahim Hyder

Social media has been fascinated by reports of a strange CGI addition in Oppenheimer for certain conservative countries – our writer reports on the reality of Barbenheimer in a country where cinema is subject to heavy government scrutiny.
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This Just In

The past proves that Hollywood’s unions are powerful – and that striking works

by Jessica White

As tensions mount between the WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the ATFP, it’s worth looking to past examples for proof that Tinseltown’s unions have changed the industry for the better.
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Club LWLies Exclusive

The complicated legacy of heavy metal in cinema

by Sarah Cleary

Metal is often given short shrift at the movies, but a handful of great auteurs have used the genre and its subculture to brilliant effect.
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Celebrating the sartorial cinematic legacy of Jane Birkin

by Elif Türkan Erisik

A star so stylish she had an Hermès bag named after her, Jane Birkin’s effortless on and off-screen elegance has never been matched.