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The frenetic thrills of the Safdie Brothers’ second feature

by Guillermo De Querol

Before Good Time and Uncut Gems, the Safdies created an anxiety-inducing portrait of a deadbeat dad trying to keep it together.
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A summer with Satyajit Ray

by S. Farwah Rizvi

The BFI’s current retrospective of the Indian auteur’s cinema gave me chance to reconnect with my homeland while studying abroad.
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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.
A man and woman in elaborate Indian clothing, adorned with jewellery, sitting closely together in a warm, colourful room.
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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.