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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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Who killed the Tween Girl Movie?

by Charlotte Moore

At the turn of the mil­len­ni­um tween girls had plen­ty of films made for them – nowa­days, there’s next to noth­ing. Why did Hol­ly­wood give up?
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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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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

One more cup of coffee in Mulholland Drive

by Adam Woodward

Adam Wood­ward reflects on the impor­tance of a cup of cof­fee in David Lynch’s Hol­ly­wood neo-noir.
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Interviews

Barry Keoghan: ‘I have my own method; I’m still learning and discovering’

by David Jenkins

The role of charis­mat­ic chancer Bug in Andrea Arnold’s Bird feels like a vic­to­ry lap for Hol­ly­wood’s most unlike­ly new darling.
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Review

The Substance review – as shallow as the very thing it’s critiquing

by Hannah Strong

Coralie Fargeat’s sup­posed satire on Hol­ly­wood’s impos­si­ble stan­dards for women is an ulti­mate­ly unpleas­ant and ugly screed against those that try to play the game.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Hollywoodgate review – a fascinating, chilling, if limited study

by David Jenkins

An aban­doned CIA base in Kab­ul becomes a play­ground for the resur­gent Tal­iban in Ibrahim Nash’at’s intrigu­ing piece of doc­u­men­tary reportage.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Acting Up

Cruise Control: The Hollywood star in stasis

by Jadie Stillwell

As Risky Busi­ness enters the Cri­te­ri­on Col­lec­tion, we plot the tra­jec­to­ry of a star seem­ing­ly inca­pable of burn­ing out.
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Acting Up

Everybody Wants Him: The persuasive star power of Glen Powell

by Gayle Sequeira

From an aver­age anato­my base­ball play­er to a sar­cas­tic per­son­al assis­tant, Hol­ly­wood’s new­ly anoint­ed man of the moment appears to have fig­ured out the for­mu­la for success.
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Festivals

The Substance – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A fad­ing star signs up for a strange med­ical pro­ce­dure in Coralie Fargeat’s vac­u­ous attempt at a Hol­ly­wood body horror.