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Review

The Shrouds review – precision filmmaking of the highest stripe

by David Jenkins

David Cronenberg’s melan­choly explo­ration of how we retain our con­nec­tion with the dead makes for one of his most beau­ti­ful love stories.

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In Retrospect
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Long Read

Do Not Seek the Treasure: The Coen Brothers’ Anti-Capitalist Critique

by Aisling Walsh

Through­out their joint film­mak­ing efforts, Joel and Ethan Coen have remained inter­est­ed in the lengths peo­ple are will­ing to go to for a lit­tle bit of money.
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Can we make greening the film industry sexy?

by Ben Smoke

It’s not easy being green, but the Green Rid­er ini­tia­tive aims to engage Hol­ly­wood’s biggest names with mak­ing changes to film­mak­ing that could help reduce the film indus­try’s car­bon footprint.
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Show and Tell: Inside The Exhibition Highlighting The Art of Storyboarding

by Vincent Leung

A new exhi­bi­tion in Milan sheds light on the mul­ti­plic­i­ty of col­lab­o­ra­tive process­es in the film­mak­ing world through the pre­lim­i­nary draw­ings devel­oped for Psy­cho, Train to Busan, Wings of Desire and beyond.
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Review

I’m Still Here review – memory as resistance

by Rafa Sales Ross

Wal­ter Salles returns to nar­ra­tive film­mak­ing with a sen­si­tive depic­tion of the forced dis­ap­pear­ance of for­mer con­gress­man Rubens Pai­va, and the dev­as­ta­tion his fam­i­ly faced.

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In Retrospect
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Interviews

Vera Drew: ‘At least they’re not saying “banned filmmaker” anymore’

by Juan Barquin

As The Peo­ple’s Jok­er final­ly goes glob­al, the mav­er­ick film­mak­er behind the wildest super­hero film of the year sounds off about microbud­get film­mak­ing, the trans canon, and Jok­er 2.
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Light in the darkness: David Lynch’s Dune

by Marina Ashioti

David Lynch’s one-time adven­ture in Hol­ly­wood block­buster film­mak­ing would for­ev­er change him – but not his heart.
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Review

Hard Truths review – incredible in small, measured strokes

by Mark Asch

Reunit­ing with Mar­i­anne Jean-Bap­tiste, Mike Leigh makes a wel­come return to con­tem­po­rary film­mak­ing with a sear­ing por­trait of a woman on the brink.

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In Retrospect
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James Baldwin

The legacy of James Baldwin in cinema

by Mathew Ko

A cen­tu­ry after the birth of James Bald­win, his words con­tin­ue to echo across film­mak­ing culture.
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Review

Babygirl review – intelligent, elegant adult filmmaking

by Hannah Strong

Hali­na Rei­jn’s psy­chodra­ma sees Nicole Kid­man and Har­ris Dick­in­son go toe-to-toe as a CEO and an intern who become embroiled in a com­plex illic­it affair.

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