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This 58-page Orson Welles memo should be every director’s handbook

by Chris Owen

His with­er­ing let­ter to stu­dio boss­es is a film­mak­ing bible for our times.
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Festivals

How the films of Jem Cohen reveal the true meaning of independent cinema

by Patrick Gamble

A recent ret­ro­spec­tive at the IndieLis­boa Film Fes­ti­val high­light­ed the need for social­ly-con­scious filmmaking.
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Incoming

Brian De Palma is returning to filmmaking after half a decade out

by Amy Bowker

The Scar­face direc­tor has board­ed Domi­no, with Christi­na Hen­dricks and Niko­laj Coster-Waldau.
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In Praise Of

How The Duellists set the tone for Ridley Scott’s filmmaking career

by James Clarke

The director’s 1977 fea­ture debut con­tains sev­er­al key the­mat­ic and styl­is­tic hallmarks.
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Long Read

Smoke and Mirrors – Why the battle between practical effects and CGI isn’t as real as you think

by Lara C Cory

Old-fash­ioned tech­niques appear to have made a come­back, but the real­i­ty is they nev­er went away.
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Interviews

Mike Mills: ‘Filmmaking isn’t therapy for me, I don’t cry on set’

by David Jenkins

The direc­tor of 20th Cen­tu­ry Women dis­cuss­es his per­son­alised cine-poem writ­ten to his late mother.
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Is this the most extreme 108 minutes in the history of Japanese cinema?

by Anton Bitel

Destruc­tion Babies is rau­cous rebel film­mak­ing at its bru­tal best.
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Perfect Imitation – The spreading influence of John Carpenter

by Padraig Cotter

He may be all but retired from fea­ture film­mak­ing, but traces of the genre director’s lega­cy can be found everywhere.
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Incoming

Will Netflix put Duncan Jones’ filmmaking career back on track?

by Mike Tsenti

The direc­tor is return­ing to his indie roots with a spir­i­tu­al sequel to Moon.
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Review

The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the two Eyes are Not Brothers

by David Jenkins

Ben Rivers returns with a black­ly com­ic take on the ethics of film­mak­ing in anoth­er country.

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