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Eight films to watch before you see The Shape of Water

By Josh Slater-Williams

Seek out these inspirations for Guillermo del Toro’s latest, including The Red Shoes and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

In Lady Bird, Timothée Chalamet is not your typical dirtbag boyfriend

By Claire Biddles

Greta Gerwig’s non-judgemental approach makes Lady Bird’s relationship with Kyle so relatable.

Face to Face: Liv Ullmann on her life with Ingmar Bergman

By Matt Thrift

The screen icon speaks candidly about her remarkable career, and her complicated relationship with the late Swedish master.

Inside the Santa Barbara video shop keeping indie cinema alive

By Adrienne Bernhard

Nestled amongst the sego palms and surfboards of southern California stands a living, breathing shrine to physical rental culture.

Timothée Chalamet set to play Henry V in David Michôd’s next film

By Adam Woodward

The Lady Bird and Call Me by Your Name star is in talks to appear in Netflix drama The King.

Richard Linklater wants your photos of 1960s Houston for his new film

By Hannah Woodhead

The Texan filmmaker is returning to his old stomping ground for a drama about the Apollo 11 mission.

Girls on Tops and Little White Lies present a limited edition Greta Gerwig t-shirt

By Little White Lies

A hella tight collaboration to celebrate the UK release of Lady Bird.

Black Panther and Kendrick Lamar: Exploding the Marvel Symphonic Universe

By Alasdair Bayman

The rapper’s work on the film’s soundtrack represents a bold new creative direction for the studio.

Made in Black America: Why Black Panther is more than a comic book movie

By Callum Costello

Marvel’s latest represents the culmination of years of reinvention in black filmmaking.

Proud Mary and the return of the black female action hero

By Richard Watson

Taraji P Henson’s gun-toting assassin harks back to an era of Lola Colt, Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones.

How Cronos blurs the line between man and monster

By Danilo Castro

The seed for a career-long obsession is planted in Guillermo del Toro’s debut feature from 1993.

How to shoot a movie in the Congo

By David Jenkins

Director Emmanuel Gras discusses the moral mine field of his gruelling Cannes prize-winner, Makala.

The best new horror movies from Sundance 2018

By Ed Gibbs

This year’s festival offered plenty of devilishly dark delights within its raucous Midnight strand.

Vicky Krieps: ‘Phantom Thread is more of a dance than it is a fight’

By David Jenkins

The star of Paul Thomas Anderson’s beguiling latest explains how she was able to square up with Daniel Day-Lewis.

Six films to watch before you see Phantom Thread

By Elizabeth MacLeod

From Brief Encounter to Rebecca, here are six cinematic classics that reveal the complexities of romance.

Alexander Skarsgård is a man on a mission in the first Mute trailer

By Joel Down

Total Recall meets The Hangover for a pre-arranged drunken brawl.

Lizzie – first look review

By Monica Castillo

Chloë Sevigny plays infamous axe killer Lizzie Borden in director Craig William Macneill’s chilling drama.

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist – first look review

By Monica Castillo

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood proves a spiky and evasive presence in this entertaining docu-portrait.

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