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Pedro Almodóvar: ‘Chemistry is a mystery’

By Anna Bogutskaya

The Spanish filmmaker reflects on the romance at the heart of his new queer western, Strange Way of Life, and the freedom of working in a shorter format.

Strange Way Of Life review – characteristically Almodóvarian queer western

By Hannah Strong

An ageing gunslinger and the sheriff of a small town reunite after many years in Pedro Almodóvar's sweet short film.

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The Black Phone

By Anton Bitel

Scott Derrickson returns to his horror roots with this story of a pre-teen who faces off against a sinister serial killer, with help from his previous victims.

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The Northman

By Hannah Strong

Robert Eggers assembles an intrepid team for the epic tale of a wronged Viking prince’s quest for vengeance.

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The frenetic thrills of Abel Ferrara’s abstract surveillance thriller

By Anton Bitel

Ethan Hawke stars in this poetic and strange thriller about a military operative chasing multiple threads in Rome.

Vikings unleash hell in the first trailer for Robert Eggers’ The Northman

By Charles Bramesco

Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, and Björk star in the 10th-century Icelandic epic.

Jake Gyllenhaal races against time in the first trailer for The Guilty

By Charles Bramesco

Antoine Fuqua directs this remake of the hit Danish thriller about an emergency responder who receives a disturbing call.

Abel Ferrara taps Ethan Hawke for the new thriller Zeros and Ones

By Charles Bramesco

The espionage thriller will serve as the director’s response to the worldwide lockdown.

Ethan Hawke delivers a fiery sermon in The Good Lord Bird

By Emma Fraser

He stars as the controversial abolitionist John Brown in Showtime’s Civil War-era historical drama.

The Truth

By Charles Bramesco

Hirokazu Koreeda follows up Shoplifters with a typically dreamy, heart-piercing family drama.

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The Truth – first look review

By Charles Bramesco

The Japanese master of family observation, Hirokazu Kore-eda, heads to Paris for his English language debut.

Hirokazu Koreeda’s The Truth to open the 76th Venice Film Festival

By David Jenkins

The Japanese filmmaker’s follow-up to Shoplifters will have its world premiere on 28 August.

The Captor

By David Jenkins

Ethan Hawke gets his scream on as the bank robber who coined the first recorded example of Stockholm Syndrome.

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On Location: The footbridge from Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise

By Adam Scovell

This unassuming overpass plays a pivotal role in Céline and Jesse’s Viennese waltz.

Juliet, Naked

By Hannah Strong

A warring couples' interactions with a mysterious aged indie musician are the subject of Jesse Peretz' earnest Nick Hornby adaptation.

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The 10 best films from the 2018 Locarno Film Festival

By Josh Slater-Williams

A smorgasbord of international cinematic treasures was on offer at this year's festival.

First Reformed

By Hannah Strong

A preacher struggles with a crisis of faith in Paul Schrader's mind-bending spiritual drama.

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