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Interviews

Jeff Nichols: ‘It’s a very intoxicating thing, riding on a bike’

by Hannah Strong

After getting his motorcycle license and pondering the story for two decades, the director of The Bikeriders explains what drew him to Danny Lyon’s iconic photobook documenting the lives of a 1960s motorcycle gang.
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The possibilities (and problems) of Mexico’s Cineteca Nacional

by Shyal Bhandari

A state-funded cinema and archive, the Cineteca Nacional is a beautiful example of a public arts space – but is it for the few, rather than the many?
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Review

Inside Out 2 review – earnest but unambitious

by Hannah Strong

New emotions arise in Kelsey Mann’s charming sequel to Pixar’s 2015 hit about the internal machinations of an American tweenager.

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Interviews

‘It was hard to hit me in the face with the steak’ – Jon Heder on 20 years of Napoleon Dynamite

by Simon Bland

Two decades on from an unlikely cultural phenomenon, the star of Jarred Hess’s lo-fi cult classic talks Moon Boots, Jamiroquai and doing his own stunts.
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Review

Sorcery – A witch trial movie with a magical-realist twist

by Anton Bitel

Christopher Murray directs and stars in this intriguing and original drama about an 1880s Chilean trial for witchcraft.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Inside Out 2 | Sasquatch Sunset + The Zellner Brothers | Harry And The Hendersons (1987)

On Truth & Movies this week Pixar gets emotional in Inside Out 2, we review absurdist comedy Sasquatch Sunset and we spoke to its directors. Finally, for film club we revisit 1987’s Harry and The Hendersons.
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Review

Hounds – This contrived crime story outstays its welcome

by David Jenkins

Two bumbling hoods in Casablanca are charged with disposing of a corpse in Kamal Lazraq’s disappointing thriller.

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At the Dream Emulator Film Club, the boundaries between video games and cinema no longer exist

by Barney Nuttall

Meeting monthly at Dalston’s Rio Cinema, this new project shows experimental visual art that defies classical categorisation.
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Review

Àma Gloria – Gorgeous domestic drama on the meaning of parenthood

by Marina Ashioti

Marie Amachoukeli’s second film is a triumph of political and emotional sensitivity in its depiction of a young girl and her nanny.

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Interviews

Iain Softley: ‘I had this idea in my mind, “What would the story be if these weren’t The Beatles?”’

by Michael Leader

As Sam Mendes gears up to make his behemoth Beatles biopic, the director of 1994 early-Beatles drama Backbeat reflects on the story of Stuart Sutcliffe – the Beatle who wasn’t.