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Features

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In Praise Of

We must remember this – lessons learned from Casablanca

by Tom Joudrey

80 years on, Michael Curtiz’s romantic drama retains a defiant spirit more relevant to our current political climate than it might first appear.
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Interviews

Rian Johnson: ‘Sondheim’s my guy’

by Adam Woodward

The writer/​director of Glass Onion talks musicals, murder mysteries, and the sartorial secrets of master detective Benoit Blanc.
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Festivals

Strong women, dysfunctional families and a sentient car at the 2022 London Korean Film Festival

by Emma Curzon

A well-curated selection of genres and themes made for a diverse and fascinating programme at this year’s festival.
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Incoming

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig face the apocalypse in the White Noise trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The world lurches toward a postmodern end in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s essential novel.
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Interviews

Luca Guadagnino: ‘I hate drama’

by Hannah Strong

The Italian director behind A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria talks flies, flesh and Timothée Chalamet in his horror-romance Bones and All.
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Resisting fascism with Porco Rosso and Pinnochio

by Ryan Gaur

Hayao Miyazaki’s porcine aviator and Guillermo del Toro’s little wooden puppet demonstrate the importance of resistance in the face of extremism.
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Memory and grief are at the heart of this year’s best cinema

by Becca Rieckmann

Charlotte Wells, Joanna Hogg and Mia Hansen-Løve explore the relationship between family and grief in their latest works.
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Sponsored

Danish Scum! Welcome to Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom

by David Jenkins

Recapping the mad ​’90s hospital-based horror-comedy in anticipation of its long-awaited third series, The Kingdom Exodus.
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In Praise Of

Inside Ugo Tognazzi’s cult of cuisine

by Eric Millman

Available in English for the first time in nearly 50 years, the legendary actor’s culinary memoir reveals a passion rarely seen in his films.
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Interviews

James Gray: ‘I’m supposed to show you all my vulnerabilities, that’s the reason I do it’

by Hannah Strong

The director of Armageddon Time reflects on how his childhood inspired his deeply affecting drama about societal tensions in 1970s New York.