The real-life Mike Yanagita tells the story of one of the most memorable scenes in the Coen brothers’ filmography.
Watch our spine-tingling new video essay and win a Monster Night In this Halloween with Ardbeg Wee Beastie.
By Leigh Singer
Our Remake/Remodel series continues with a breakdown of Disney’s most successful “live-action” update yet.
By Leigh Singer
Our latest Remake/Remodel video essay analyses the impact of Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epic on Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti western.
Our sister magazine Huck have teamed up with Squarespace for a special edition of Skill-Up. In this episode, Sophie Mo presents a body art how-to.
By Luís Azevedo
In partnership with MUBI, we examine the function of this domestic setting across the Spanish filmmaker’s catalogue.
As cinemas in the UK prepare to reopen, Matthew Mulcahy reflects on his formative experiences of watching films on the big screen.
By Luís Azevedo
Our latest video essay breaks down the rhetorical device behind some of cinema’s most iconic dialogue.
By Will Webb
A video celebration of this acclaimed American filmmakers, ahead of the release of her latest, On the Rocks.
By Leigh Singer
Comparing the classic Rat Pack heist caper with Steven Soderbergh’s equally star-studded early noughties update.
By Luís Azevedo
Dissecting the slapstick and dramatic elements of the South Korean filmmaker’s Oscar-winning satire.
Watch Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet and co frolic in the Massachusetts countryside.
By Luís Azevedo
Is the American mobster movie destined to go the same way as the western?
By Luís Azevedo
Is this beloved stationery item used by filmmakers as a symbol of evil?
By Leigh Singer
In a new video essay, Leigh Singer explores a curious modern phenomenon...
By Will Webb
How South Korean cinema’s domestic boom in the late 1990s took over the world.
By Leigh Singer
A side-by-side analysis of Purple Noon and The Talented Mr Ripley, as adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel.
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