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The emasculation of Clint Eastwood in The Beguiled

by David Pountain

Don Siegel’s period thriller shows this icon of screen masculinity at his most pathetic and vulnerable.
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Nobody Did it Better: Remembering Roger Moore

by William Carroll

The late actor was at his debonair best as James Bond in series highlight The Spy Who Loved Me.
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Is Nil by Mouth the bleakest kitchen-sink drama ever made?

by William Carroll

With his directorial debut, Gary Oldman offers a deeply affecting study of addiction and domestic abuse.
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The unique and undervalued brilliance of Griffin Dunne

by Clara Scherffig

The American actor’s reemergence in I Love Dick serves as a reminder of his rare talents.
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Why Funny Games remains just as shocking 20 years on

by Stephen Puddicombe

Michael Haneke’s home invasion horror is a chilling satire of violence in popular entertainment.
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Is this the most powerful protest film ever made?

by Christopher Bruno

Peter Watkins’ incendiary pseudo-doc Punishment Park feels as vital today as it did back in 1971.
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How The Fifth Element set the tone for modern blockbusters

by Patrick Sproull

Twenty years on, Luc Besson’s neon-hued space opera has lost none of its off-kilter charm.
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Fart jokes and feminism: Austin Powers at 20

by Sarah Gosling

International Man of Mystery remains a brilliant, startlingly progressive satire of male sexuality.
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How The Silence of the Lambs revolutionised the POV shot

by Danilo Castro

Jonathan Demme’s 1991 masterpiece evokes fear by putting us in the protagonist’s shoes.
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How the Alien saga went from trilogy to franchise

by Ethan Vestby

Ever since its unlikely resurrection in the late ​’90s, the sci-fi horror series has continued to evolve.