Features

The surreal true story of Cynthia the movie star mannequin

By Emma Fraser

For a brief period during the 1930s, this unlikely idol became part of Hollywood’s glamorous elite.

Black 47 – first look review

By Hannah Woodhead

An Irish soldier exacts his revenge on those that have harmed his family in Lance Daly's bleak period thriller.

Rare archive materials from Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon

By Little White Lies

Scouting photos and script drafts shed new light on the greatest movie never made.

Gordon & Paddy – first look review

By Hannah Woodhead

This charming little Swedish film about a jaded old toad detective and his plucky young mouse assistant makes for cosy viewing.

Werner Herzog’s ski jumping film is essential viewing this Winter Olympics

By Harry Harris

The German director’s 1974 short The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner shows why sport is so compelling.

The Happy Prince – first look review

By Hannah Woodhead

Rupert Everett dons three caps to write, direct and star in a dramatic imagining of Oscar Wilde’s untimely demise.

Damsel – first look review

By Hannah Woodhead

In their first feature-length directorial team-up, David and Nathan Zellner go west, with Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska in tow.

Could you draw Joaquin Phoenix in You Were Never Really Here?

By Little White Lies

Enter our latest creative brief, inspired by Lynne Ramsay’s visceral thriller.

Why George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead still gets under our skin

By Adam Scovell

Released 50 years ago, the director’s lo-fi debut is filled with potent imagery and political resonance.

Isle of Dogs – first look review

By Hannah Woodhead

Wes Anderson takes audiences on a journey to Japan in his new stop-motion feature about a 12-year-old boy and his missing dog.

‘Dear Mum…’ Letters inspired by Lady Bird

By Little White Lies

Four female writers pen personal messages to their mothers in response to Greta Gerwig’s affecting film.

A brief history of female masturbation in the movies

By Christina Newland

Inspired by The Shape of Water, we survey the various ways female self-pleasure has been portrayed.

Guillermo del Toro: ‘Perversity is always in the eye of the beholder’

By David Jenkins

The master fabulist behind The Shape of Water talks sex, movies and what makes a monster tick.

Paddington 2 director Paul King is planning a Willy Wonka movie

By Joel Down

The British director could be swapping marmalade sandwiches for chocolate sauce for this next project.

Is it time to do away with post-credits scenes?

By James Luxford

These bonus moments have become a mainstay of modern blockbuster. But are they a cynical marketing tool or cinema’s secret weapon?

Discover the proto-giallo pleasures of Dario Argento’s debut feature

By Anton Bitel

A 4K restoration of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is being released.

Revisiting Blade II: Guillermo del Toro’s slick superhero B-movie

By Padraig Cotter

With its sympathetic monsters and distinct visuals, this 2002 sequel is the director’s most underrated film.

Greta Gerwig: ‘I like the process of how a film becomes owned by different people’

By David Jenkins

The Lady Bird director espouses filmmaking as a team game and writing scripts inspired by personal memory.

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