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Features

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In Praise Of

Eighty-five years on, Stella Dallas remains a style icon

by Winnie Wang

The outspoken heroine of King Vidor’s 1937 drama eschews social conventions to express herself through her clothes.
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Festivals

Fairytale – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Alexander Sokurov offers a collegial walking tour through limbo with Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Churchill. It’s completely mad.
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Incoming

A friendship ends with severed fingers in The Banshees of Inisherin’s first trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Brendan Gleeson torches his longtime relationship with Colin Farrell in Martin McDonagh’s new dramedy.
A man and woman in elaborate Indian clothing, adorned with jewellery, sitting closely together in a warm, colourful room.
In Praise Of

Twenty years on, Devdas is still a perfect Bollywood introduction for the uninitiated

by Soham Gadre

As well as being a landmark achievement for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, this romantic epic brilliantly showcases the magic Indian cinema has to offer.
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Home Ents

Three decades on, Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners is a cheesy, existential delight

by Anton Bitel

A group of medical students push the boundary between life and death in this bombastic thriller.
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In Praise Of

How Men in Black subverted blockbuster tropes to become box office gold

by Callie Petch

Twenty-five years ago Barry Sonnenfeld’s workplace action-comedy broke the rules and launched an iconic franchise.
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Interviews

The Gospel According to Saint John

by Juan Barquin

The Pope of Trash on 50 years of Pink Flamingos and waking up each morning and trying to be nuts in new and exciting ways.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Rebecca Hall’s performance in Christine

by Caroline Madden

In her haunting depiction of Christine Chubbock, I recognised elements of my own experience with depression and isolation.
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Incoming

Fame devours Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in the first Blonde trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Andrew Dominik’s long-awaited not-quite-biopic adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ novel for Netflix.
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Festivals

Narratives of conflict at the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

by Isabel Jacobs

Armenia’s flagship film festival provided a platform for filmmakers to reflect on various wars, although there were some curious absences.