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Interviews

Matt Johnson: “People say ‘Now you’ve got to make the Twitter movie'”

by Simon Bland

The writer, director and co-star of BlackBerry – an irreverent take on the rise and fall of a tech giant – reflects on his third feature while making his way across Toronto.
In Praise Of

Crisis of faith: The Exorcist at 50

by Greg Cwik

Fifty years since William Friedkin unleashed a demon at the multiplex, the impressive performances of Max von Sydow and Jason Miller are as haunting as ever.
In Praise Of

David Byrne and the autistic euphoria of Stop Making Sense

by Raine Petrie

As an anniversary restoration of Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads’ landmark concert film hits cinemas, it remains a landmark in autistic representation on screen.
Interviews

Inside the grassroots biking movement at the heart of If The Streets Were On Fire

by Henry Boon

Alice Russell’s new documentary captures the work of Bikestormz, a passionate community of cyclists aiming to promote community among some of the capital’s most disenfranchised kids.
Club LWLies Exclusive

The Beautiful and the Pointless

by Esmé Holden

If sex scenes, or any other type of scene, don’t need to serve the plot, do they need to serve anything at all?
Long Read

The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part Two

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman continues her deep dive into the neurodivergent coding of Wes Anderson’s cinema in this far-reaching long read.
Festivals

Un Amor – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This steamy and giddily uneven rural romance from Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet is almost saved by Laia Costa’s committed central performance.
Festivals

Kalak – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This Greenland-set drama from Danish director Isabella Eklöf, about a husband and father dealing with the trauma of abuse, makes for oppressively grim and only occasionally revelatory viewing.
Long Read

The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part One

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Through conversations with psychologists, neurodivergent friends, Jason Schwartzman and the man himself, Sophie Monks Kaufman investigates the meticulous worlds of Wes Anderson and their potent emotional frequencies.
Festivals

Inside the South African film festival challenging perceptions of Afrikaans cinema

by John Besche

Now in its eleventh year, Cape Town’s Silwerskermfees aims to shine a light on the diversity and talent at the heart of the Afrikaans-speaking filmmaking community.