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Festivals

If Beale Street Could Talk – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Bar­ry Jenk­ins’ faith­ful adap­ta­tion of James Baldwin’s heart­break­ing love sto­ry is pure cin­e­mat­ic poetry.
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Interviews

Barry Keoghan: ‘Acting is therapeutic, but it also messes with your head’

by Hannah Strong

The Irish ris­ing star talks Amer­i­can Ani­mals, shoplift­ing and how play­ing a cer­tain type of char­ac­ter can lead to hav­ing weird dreams on set.
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Review

American Animals

by Manuela Lazic

Doc­u­men­tar­i­an Bart Lay­ton blurs the line between fact and fic­tion in his com­pelling heist drama.

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In Retrospect
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25 new films to look out for this awards season

by Lillian Crawford

Bar­ry Jenk­ins, Damien Chazelle and Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos all look like ear­ly con­tenders for major awards.
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Festivals

High Life, If Beale Street Could Talk confirmed for 2018 Toronto Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

Claire Denis and Bar­ry Jenk­ins will present their lat­est work when the fes­ti­val kicks off on 6 September.
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Review

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

by Trevor Johnston

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos is up to his old tricks in this typ­i­cal­ly strange and idio­syn­crat­ic psycho-thriller.

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In Retrospect
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Women In Film

Drew Barrymore is joining the female horror revolution

by Sofie Steenhaut

The all-female Black Rose Anthol­o­gy is a nec­es­sary cat­a­lyst for achiev­ing gen­der equal­i­ty in the genre.
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Incoming

Barry Jenkins is adapting James Baldwin for his next film

by Josh Howey

The Moon­light writer/​director is set to helm the Harlem love sto­ry If Beale Street Could Talk.
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In Praise Of

How Diner influenced the cinematic voice of Quentin Tarantino

by William Carroll

Bar­ry Levinson’s rapid-fire dia­logue and use of pop­u­lar music set the blue­print for Tarantino’s style.
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If You Like...

Exploring black masculinity in Boyz n the Hood and Moonlight

by Kambole Campbell

John Sin­gle­ton and Bar­ry Jenk­ins’ films under­stand what it means to grow up young, black and American.