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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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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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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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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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Why I love Robin Williams’ performance in The World According to Garp

by Richard Brownell

Forty years on, one of Robin Williams’ ear­li­est film roles still ranks among his best work.
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How the dynamic editing of Don’t Think sets the bar for concert films

by Callie Petch

Adam Smith cre­ates a dis­ori­en­tat­ing, immer­sive expe­ri­ence through inno­v­a­tive cam­era work and edit­ing in The Chem­i­cal Broth­ers: Don’t Think.
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Climbing the company ladder means a lot of bootlicking in I Was Born, But…

by Blaise Radley

Nine­ty years on, Yasu­jirō Ozu’s silent com­e­dy about famil­ial dis­il­lu­sion still makes salient points about life under capitalism.
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In praise of Isabel Sandoval

by Lillian Crawford

Though her work remains undis­trib­uted in the UK, her superb film and TV episodes show an immense and unique tal­ent on the rise.
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Revisiting Le Havre’s portrait of the migrant crisis 10 years on

by Bora Rex

Aki Kaurismäki’s dra­ma remains sad­ly rel­e­vant as refugees and migrants face per­ilous jour­neys and human rights abus­es in search of bet­ter lives.
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Why I love Kathy Bates’ performance in Misery

by Lucy Vipond

In her break­through lead role, Bates plays a reclu­sive nurse who takes her fan­dom to hor­ri­fy­ing extremes.