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How Hollywood betrayed the legacy of Thelma & Louise

by Josh Hall

Twenty five years ago Ridley Scott’s road movie pointed the way for gender equality. So why has so little changed?
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In defence of Hook – Steven Spielberg’s grown-up ode to childhood

by James Clarke

Does the director’s take on JM Barrie’s classic tale of arrested development deserve its reputation?
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How Slacker celebrates the crazy logic of conspiracy theories

by Alex Chambers

What does Richard Linklater’s early career hit tell us about the democratisation of mainstream culture?
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Is this Will Smith’s greatest performance?

by Henry Heffer

We wend our way back to 1993 to heap praise on Fred Schepisi’s Six Degrees of Separation.
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Why Rope is Alfred Hitchcock’s most audacious masterpiece

by Jen Grimble

The director’s classic ​“one shot” thriller introduced numerous new and innovative cinematic techniques.
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How Shane captured the shifting mood of postwar America

by Christina Newland

Alan Ladd’s mysterious stranger in town fundamentally changed the way audiences believed in heroes.
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In praise of Sterling Hayden – cinema’s nicest tough guy

by Stephen Puddicombe

With Johnny Guitar returning to cinemas, we tip our hat to one of the most towering acting talents of his generation.
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Remembering the soul-stirring power of Prince’s Purple Rain

by David Jenkins

This dramatised concert film from 1984 remains the late singer-songwriter’s mightiest foray into cinema.
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Is Oslo, August 31st the coolest film ever made about being sad?

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Before you see Louder Than Bombs revisit director Joachim Trier’s haunting meditation on depression.
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Revisiting Time Regained, Raoul Ruiz’s moody masterpiece

by Grace Banks

The Chilean director’s ambitious Marcel Proust adaptation is playing as part of a new retrospective.