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In Praise of Eastern Promises

by Rose Dymock

As David Cronenberg’s gangster flick turns 15, it remains a refreshing depiction of London’s underbelly.
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Films to last a lifetime – RIP Jean-Luc Godard

by David Jenkins

In memory of one of cinema’s most formidable and pathfinding talents, who has died at the age of 91.
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The romantic listlessness of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master

by Jeremy Arblaster

As this Thomas Pynchon-inspired drama turns 10, its portrayal of post-war malaise still has an undeniable allure.
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John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy and the end of faith

by Sam Moore

As The Thing turns 40, its place within Carpenter’s exploration of spiritual breakdown has never felt more prescient.
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Why Meiko Kaji’s cult characters are still subversive in their strength

by Sam Moore

As Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion turns 50, Meiko Kaji’s feminist action heroines are as thrilling to watch as ever.
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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.
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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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