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Features

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Interviews

Albert Serra: ‘What am I trying to say, I don’t know. I just create images’

by Caitlin Quinlan

The loquacious Spanish maestro picks apart the process of his breakthrough feature of political malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.
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Festivals

Saunas, Funkytown and the consciousness of plants at CPH:DOX 2023

by Chris Cassingham

A raft of innovative and thoughtful world premieres stood out at Copenhagen’s annual documentary festival, which moves from autumn to spring.
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Opinion

Air erases Michael Jordan from his own narrative

by Yasmin Omar

In a dehumanising creative decision, Ben Affleck excludes the iconic basketball player from his Air Jordan origin story. It’s not a good look.
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Incoming

Life is plastic and fantastic in the first Barbie trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Margot Robbie dons a great many outfits as the iconic children’s plaything in Greta Gerwig’s technicolour dreamland.
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In Praise Of

How Ring predicted the anxieties of the 21st century

by J. Simpson

25 years later, Hideo Nakata’s timeless J‑horror still shocks – partly owing to its prescience.
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Incoming

Scott Pilgrim is back in action, now in anime form

by Charles Bramesco

The cast of Edgar Wright’s film adaptation has reunited for a Netflix miniseries about the mild-mannered, ex-dueling Torontonian.
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Incoming

Everything we know so far about Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

by Charles Bramesco

Spanish desert doubles for the American Southwest in the new film set at a stargazers’ convention.
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Hard Craft

How do you create a real fake language?

by Melita Cameron-Wood

David J. Peterson, who has worked on Game of Thrones and Dune, reveals the secrets behind creating the languages which bring fantasy worlds to life.
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Festivals

Queer people are stronger together at BFI Flare 2023

by Emma Curzon

This year’s celebration of queer cinema emphasised the power of community and inclusivity.
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Incoming

The solution to cinema’s curation conundrum? More, more, more

by Charles Bramesco

Are streaming channels limiting our movie selection? Only as much as we let them!