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The Defiant Ones is a different kind of music documentary

By Al Horner

Director Allen Hughes opens up about the challenge of capturing Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s American Dream.

Wes Anderson: ‘I wanted language to play a role without it becoming an obstacle’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The US writer/director takes us inside his spellbinding stop-motion opus Isle of Dogs.

Why the Hollywood monster movie will never die

By James Luxford

From King Kong to Pacific Rim’s Kaijus, what’s behind the appeal of these larger than life screen icons?

25 films we’d like to see at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

By Little White Lies

Claire Denis, Yorgos Lanthimos and Terrence Malick could be competing for this year’s Palme d’Or.

A rare cut of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is up for auction

By Adam Woodward

Now’s your chance to own a piece of film history – along with Jack Nicholson’s corduroy jacket.

Beats, Rhymes and Cinema: Juice

By Thomas Hobbs

With its thrilling performances and damning anti-gun message, Ernest Dickerson’s portrait of America continues to touch a nerve.

Abel Ferrara has made a film about Rome’s most infamous square

By Holly Connolly

The director is joined by Willem Dafoe to explore the city’s Piazza Vittorio.

Watch a selection of incredible short films by emerging talent

By Little White Lies

Grace Lee’s beguiling animation The Baths is one of over 300 films screening at Playback Festival 2018.

What does it mean to come of age in the modern world?

By Matt Turner

Three outstanding new films at this year’s CPH:DOX presented illuminating responses to this question.

How to score an animated gangster movie

By Little White Lies

The Shanghai Restoration Project reveal how they created the soundtrack for Have A Nice Day.

Discover the fragmented horrors of this Robert Altman psychodrama

By Anton Bitel

The writer/director’s idiosyncratic 1972 film Images is ripe for rediscovery.

The fascinating etymology behind Guillermo del Toro’s character names

By Nicholas Russell

The Mexican filmmaker’s work is loaded with religious symbolism.

Has the Netflix vs Disney streaming war already been won?

By Jack Kavanagh

Disney’s plans for a Star Wars TV series could prove the Death Star to Netflix’s Alderaan.

An Isle of Dogs ramen bar is coming to London

By Hannah Woodhead

Wes Anderson’s new film is getting its very own food-themed pop-up exhibition.

Beats, Rhymes and Cinema: New Jack City

By Thomas Hobbs

The box office success of this 1991 drama forced America to view the crack epidemic from a different perspective.

Why I love Marisa Tomei’s performance in My Cousin Vinny

By Catherine Pearson

With her strong self-belief and striking dress sense, Mona Lisa Vito is a character we can all get behind.

Is Annihilation the first true film of the Anthropocene era?

By Lewis Gordon

Alex Garland’s chilling body horror speaks directly to our current age of ecological crisis.

How Once Upon a Time in the West reflects the social anxiety of 1968

By Dan Einav

Sergio Leone’s landmark western, which turns 50 this year, is a fascinating product of its time.

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