Tom Cruise and Marvel can't hold a candle to Aardman Animation's nail-biting stop animation sequence in the classic Wallace and Gromit adventure.
In his only produced screenplay, the American titan of literature painted a bleak picture of the logical endpoint of greed.
By Robyn Quick
Cheryl Dunye's debut feature broke the mould with its witty blend of fact and fiction – and remains a queer classic to this day.
By Katie Tobin
A decade since its release, Sofia Coppola's take on teen thieves and celebrity obsession is as sharp as ever.
By Barry Levitt
As the steadfast Sergeant Neil Howie, Woodward becomes a compelling audience surrogate in Robin Hardy's seminal folk horror.
As Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse series receives a 4K restoration, his take on the trials and tribulations of LA teenagers is still as sharp as ever.
Mervyn LeRoy and Busby Berkeley's classic pre-Code musical still delights almost a century later – and its success is down to a key change in how the story was bookended.
By Chloe Walker
As Local Hero returns to cinemas, we celebrate the singular talent of an enduring screen presence.
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach's 2013 dramedy is a perfect encapsulation of the uncertainty of your twenties – and how friendship is its own kind of romance.
Ten years after Baz Luhrmann's audacious take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel premiered, it's time to reassess this maligned venture.
From Mean Girls through to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, the Canadian actress has become definable by her indefinability.
By B.C. Wallin
The Wachowskis' anime-inspired action epic is a notorious box office flop, but represents a sliding doors moment in cinematic history.
The reality television-inspired tween comedy heralded the end of an era for how young audiences watched their idols.
William Cameron Menzies' sci-fi classic might have its origins in the Cold War, but its message is more expansive.
A decade since its release, Derek Cianfrance's thriller about the intersecting lives of two young men in small-town America still stings.
By Sarah Cleary
As Ed Wood's exploitation film partly based on his own experience celebrates its 70th anniversary, its progressive take on performing gender is ripe for rediscovery.
The French superstar works in a sublimely subtle register to bring the joy and pain of One Fine Morning to the screen.