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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a terrifying look at the banality of evil

by Leila Latif

John McNaughton’s infamous 1986 horror possesses a raw nihilistic power and uncompromising brutality.
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Transgressive femininity in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca

by Malcolm Ring

The 1940 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel sees the title character refuse to be tamed by marriage.
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The sobering prescience of Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days

by Thomas Hobbs

The director’s 1995 tech noir isn’t her most critically or commercially successful film, but it might just be her most important.
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Yield to the Night remains a powerful rallying cry for social change

by Anna Cale

This powerful Diana Dors prison drama from 1956 makes a compelling case against capital punishment.
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Why Outrage remains a vital film for survivors of sexual violence

by Lizzy Dening

Ida Lupino’s 1950 drama about a young woman who is raped on her way home from work feels as urgent as ever.
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10 years on, The Social Network is sharper than ever

by Luke Walpole

David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s inside look at the creation of Facebook has got better – and more prescient – with age.
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How Takeshi Kitano went from comedian to crime auteur

by James Balmont

With his yakuza thriller Boiling Point, ​“Beat” Takeshi staked his claim as a serious filmmaker.
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In praise of Robert Redford’s Ordinary People

by Rafa Sales Ross

Redford’s directorial debut holds its ground as one of cinema’s most moving explorations of loss and guilt.
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Why David Fincher’s Se7en is the perfect odd couple movie

by Lorna Codrai

As detectives Mills and Somerset, Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman make for a dynamic, contradictory pairing.
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Blood, Hair and Pain: Ginger Snaps at 20

by Anna Bogutskaya

The director, screenwriter and stars of the cult Canadian horror reflect on its legacy as a morbid love letter to teenage girls everywhere.