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Hollywood’s lack of Asian-American representation, and how to fix it

by Greg Noone

The hosts of the Asian Oscar Bait podcast discuss the need for greater diversity on screen.
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What will Hollywood cinema look like in the Trump era?

by Christina Newland

Movies have always reflected social attitudes and trends – and that could prove especially vital over the next four years.
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Lone Star: a profile of Denzel Washington in seven chapters

by Jessica Kiang

In a landscape of total celebrity saturation, is this enigmatic Hollywood icon is the last of the pure movie stars?
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Into the Woods – The Blair Witch Project revisited

by Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick

Directors Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick tell the story of how their freshman film project became a cultural phenomenon.
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The art of defending Woody Allen

by Vadim Rizov

Woody Allen has made his fair share of bad movies. But who are the critical gatekeepers who will stop at nothing to defend his honour?
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Akira and the traumatic spectre of nuclear war

by Joe Marczynski

Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s iconic animé mirrors the atrocities witnessed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago.
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The Danish novel that’s exactly like the Tree of Life

by Mark Asch

Everything is connected – including Peter Adolphsen’s ​‘Machine’ and Terrence Malick’s 2011 film.
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Lars von Trier – apocalyptic auteur

by John Wadsworth

The story of how the famously provocative Danish director lost control on his 2011 film, Melancholia.
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How cinema is tackling Europe’s austerity crisis

by Tom Bond

Miguel Gomes, Jacques Audiard and others are capturing a shifting continental mood.
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What is documentary?

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Some of the world’s leading documentarians take the pulse of an ever-changing artistic medium.

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