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A collage of basketball players in movies with a blue and orange colour gradient.
In Praise Of

Basketball: A Cinematic History

by Taylor Burns

America’s favourite game involving high-stakes hoops has a rich and varied presence on screen.
Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in In The Mood For Love
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In the mood for In The Mood For Love

by Mick Gaw

Wong Kar Wai’s eternal story of yearning in Hong Kong turns 25 and only grows in stature.
Tank Girl with a green gradiant and pink outline against a graffiti-covered backdrop.
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Brats in Bondage: Lessons in defiance from Tank Girl

by Riley Rogers

Thirty years on, the defiant desert dweller can teach us how to kick back against dystopia.
Half of a woman's face and half of a man's face, in black and white.
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“Life, Liberty, and All the Rest of It”: Reading The Godfather in To Die For

by Payton McCarty-Simas

Consider the parallels between Suzanne Maretto and Michael Corleone as Gus Van Sant’s sultry satire turns 30.
Couple embracing against warm-coloured sunset sky.
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Before Sunrise and the ultimate intimacy

by Jess Furseth

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Jesse and Céline meeting in Vienna with no phones, no photos, and no future. Richard Linklater’s romantic comedy about their intense attention has never looked more attractive.
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The enduring horror of Kiss Me Deadly

by Fred Barrett

As Robert Aldrich’s 1955 noir turns 75, the film lives on in the work of Cronenberg, Lynch and many more.
In Praise Of

Was Crumb right?

by Soham Gadre

As Terry Zwigoff’s documentary about the stubbornly underground comic artist Robert Crumb turns 30, we consider his scepticism regarding the intersection of art and capitalism.
In Praise Of

A Goofy Movie hits different as a parent

by Simon Bland

Despite flopping on release, Disney’s heartwarming story of a dad trying to bond with his son on a summer road trip has become a cult classic – especially for people with children of their own.
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Remembering Souleymane Cissé: An Uncompromising Pioneer of African Cinema

by Nadira Begum

A trailblazer on the global cinema stage as well as in his home of Mali, Souleymane Cissé’s cinema of imagination changed the world.
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The radical DIY miracle of Marble Ass

by Fedor Tot

Born out of Belgrade’s underground scene in 1995, Želimir Žilnik’s celebration of a tight-knit community of sex workers has a particular power in today’s increasingly divided society.

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