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View allTHE POWER OF MEMORY IN PIXAR MOVIES
ARTICLE
The most heartbreaking sequences in the animation studio’s filmography tend to revisit the characters’ painful pasts to pave the way for their emotional catharses, writes Yasmin Omar.
READ NOW →VIGGO MORTENSEN: THIS ISN’T WHAT WE USUALLY SEE IN WESTERNS
INTERVIEW
The actor, writer, director and composer of The Dead Don’t Hurt tells Savina Petkova how he revitalised the classic American genre by switching its typical perspective.
READ NOW →THE BEAST REVIEW: LÉA SEYDOUX SHOWS OFF HER RANGE IN HEADY SCI-FI ROMANCE
REVIEW
Bertrand Bonello’s ambitious time- and genre-hopping film offers yet another opportunity for the actress to demonstrate her versatility, writes Yasmin Omar.
READ NOW →HOW SCI-FI HAS DEEPENED TODAY’S ROMANTIC DRAMAS
ARTICLE
From The Beast to Past Lives and Everything Everywhere All at Once, contemporary love stories are increasingly embedding science-fiction concepts into their narratives, says Meg Walters.
READ NOW →FURIOSA’S COMPOSER TOM HOLKENBORG ON RETURNING TO THE MAD MAX WASTELAND
INTERVIEW
In a wide-ranging conversation with Amon Warmann, the musician discusses building the score’s intensity, ramping up the didgeridoos and collaborating on the film’s sound mix.
READ NOW →THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF LA CHIMERA
VIDEO
Throughout Alice Rohrwacher’s work, pastoral settings are infused with magical imagery and complex moral questions; La Chimera adds to this by opening a conversation both with its own storytelling and the traditions it sits alongside.
READ NOW →THE VERY SPECIFIC APPEAL OF HUGH GRANT’S ROMANTIC DECLARATIONS
DEEP FOCUS
To celebrate 25 years of Notting Hill, Yasmin Omar looks back at how its star has delivered heart-soaring amorous speeches over the years, with all the attendant fumbling and eyelash-fluttering.
READ NOW →WHY ARE SO MANY ON-SCREEN DYSTOPIAS DESERTS NOW?
ARTICLE
The bleak sci-fi futures presaged in Furiosa, Dune: Part Two and Fallout all depict arid worlds where water is a precious rarity. Billie Walker explores this unsettling trend.
BOOK NOWHOW HOARD GRAPPLES WITH THE GROSSNESS OF GIRLHOOD
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A far cry from the immaculate pretty-pink worlds of Barbie and Priscilla, Hoard revels in the more disgusting aspects of young womanhood that so much cinema pointedly ignores, writes Miriam Balanescu.
Read Now →THE TOP 25 PALME D'OR WINNERS OF ALL TIME
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There’s a lion, a bear, a leopard and a tiger; international film festival prizes come in all shapes and sizes, but the one prize to rule them all is undoubtedly the Palme d’Or – the Golden Palm.
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