By Leigh Singer
In a new video essay, Leigh Singer explores a curious modern phenomenon...
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Fifty years ago, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper birthed arguably the defining film of America’s counterculture era.
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On the occasion of Jack Nicholson’s 80th, the BFI give this tragicomic classic another big screen run out.
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The actor delivers arguably his finest hour in Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail.
The Hollywood veteran is coming out of retirement for a new version of Maren Ade’s sublime comedy.
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With The Childhood of a Leader arriving in cinemas, here are some other memorable shifts from stars behind the lens.