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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.
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.
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.

How Hollywood buried the original version of Meet the Parents

by Darren Richman

In 1992 Greg Glienna released a film about a man meeting his girlfriend’s parents for the first time. Eight years later, a Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro comedy with the same premise made a fortune. What happened?
Review

The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

by Hannah Strong

In David Leitch’s bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.

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In Retrospect

How music supervisor became the hottest job in Hollywood

by Carly Mattox

With some insights from the people curating the perfect soundtracks, we take a look at how a relatively new role in filmmaking has become essential to creating a memorable music moment in movies.
Review

Maestro review – as heady and bombastic as a golden-age Hollywood musical

by Lillian Crawford

Bradley Cooper soars in this lovingly crafted biopic of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein.

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In Retrospect
Review

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed review – gossipy, entertaining look at a mythological man

by Patrick Sproull

Stephen Kijak speaks to Rock Hudson’s friends and lovers to build a loving – but perhaps a little one-note – portrait of a Hollywood star.

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In Retrospect

Hollywood’s enduring fear of Artificial Intelligence shows no signs of letting up

by Victoria Luxford

As Gareth Edwards’ The Creator storms into cinemas, we trace the film industry’s obsession with the idea that a robot uprising looms on the horizon.
In Praise Of

The enduring joy of Dick Cavett’s Old Hollywood interviews

by Sarah Cleary

Stars including Katherine Hepburn and Gloria Swanson appeared on Dick Cavett’s seminal American talk show – a reminder that the televised interview is something of a lost art.

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