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Review

Greatest Days

by Lillian Crawford

A group of estranged friends reunite for a pop pilgrimage in Coky Giedroyc’s dire big screen version of the official Take That musical.

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Lotte Reiniger and the hidden women of animation

by Robyn Quick

Equality in animation has come a long way, but female filmmakers are still being erased from an art form they helped pioneer.
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Review

The Flash

by Hannah Strong

Ezra Miller stars as Ezra Miller and Ezra Miller, and Michael Keaton is also there, in Andy Mushietti’s take on DC’s speediest superhero.

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Podcast

Introducing British Indie Film Club – a new podcast from BIFA and LWLies

by Little White Lies

Our limited podcast series kicks off with special guest Samantha Morton discussing Ken Loach’s Ladybird Ladybird.
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Review

Inland

by Robyn Quick

A troubled young man searches for his mother in Fridtjof Ryder’s disappointing first feature.

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In Praise Of

Why I love Edward Woodward’s performance in The Wicker Man

by Barry Levitt

As the steadfast Sergeant Neil Howie, Woodward becomes a compelling audience surrogate in Robin Hardy’s seminal folk horror.
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Review

Pretty Red Dress

by David Jenkins

Dionne Edwards’ debut feature reconstructs the stereotypes of Black masculinity in a way that’s honest and unsentimental.

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How do our childhood movie crushes shape our future love lives?

by Kate Padley

Aragorn, Elizabeth Swann, Peter Pan – how do the characters we obsess over in our childhood influence our adult selves?
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Who is the Hawksian Woman?

by Sarah Cleary

From Hildy Johnson to Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw, Howard Hawks’ films are often remembered for their spunky leading ladies – but how should we view them in the present day?
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Review

My Imaginary Country

by Marina Ashioti

A new vital work by Patricio Guzmán sees the documentary veteran turn his gaze towards a new generation of Chilean revolutionaries.

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