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Interviews

Iain Softley: ‘I had this idea in my mind, “What would the story be if these weren’t The Beatles?”’

by Michael Leader

As Sam Mendes gears up to make his behe­moth Bea­t­les biopic, the direc­tor of 1994 ear­ly-Bea­t­les dra­ma Back­beat reflects on the sto­ry of Stu­art Sut­cliffe – the Bea­t­le who wasn’t.
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Interviews

Roger Deakins: ‘With film, I used to be the first person to see a performance’

by Iana Murray

The vet­er­an cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er on his explo­sive for­ma­tive cin­e­ma expe­ri­ences and shoot­ing Sam Mendes’s mov­ing dra­ma, Empire of Light.
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Review

Empire of Light

by David Jenkins

Sam Mendes recruits Olivia Col­man and Michael Ward for this mawk­ish tale of seafront woes and the heal­ing pow­er of movies.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

The enduring atmosphere of Road to Perdition

by Nick Herrmann

Two decades on from its release, Sam Mendes’ mob thriller exudes a pow­er­ful sense of dread.
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Festivals

Empire of Light – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Olivia Col­man chan­nels her inner Anna Kari­na in direc­tor Sam Mendes’ mawk­ish ode to the mag­ic of the movies.
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Review

1917

by Greg Wetherall

Sam Mendes’ grip­ping World War One dra­ma is light on plot but dis­plays plen­ty of tech­ni­cal panache.

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In Retrospect
LWLies Presents

A Sam Mendes pop quiz

by Little White Lies

Ben Whishaw and Naomie Har­ris test their knowl­edge on the cin­e­ma of the Spec­tre and Sky­fall director.
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Review

Spectre

by Adam Woodward

Bond 24 is an enor­mous, mul­ti-ten­ta­cled beast. Some­times for bet­ter, some­times for worse.

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In Retrospect