Features

This 58-page Orson Welles memo should be every director’s handbook

By Chris Owen

His withering letter to studio bosses is a filmmaking bible for our times.

10 things to see at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017

By William Carroll

Hot picks from this year’s programme – including a Morrissey biopic and a British animation retrospective.

A Blade Runner 2049 mobile game is in the works

By Juliette Cottu

You’ll soon be able to play with Ryan Gosling on your mobile device.

Remembering On the Air – David Lynch and Mark Frost’s doomed ’90s sitcom

By Alex Denney

The original cast and crew discuss the making of this short-lived follow-up to Twin Peaks.

Take a first look at Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying

By Juliette Cottu

Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne star in this spiritual sequel to The Last Detail.

The best films from the Transylvania International Film Festival 2017

By Patrick Gamble

A film about ‘Stalin’s Space Monkeys’ and a participatory documentary were among the highlights of this year’s festival.

Why everyone should embrace Chinese cinema’s rise

By Juliette Cottu

“Chollywood’’ is set to become the next major rival to North America’s film industry.

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Electricity

By Martyn Conterio

David Lynch and Mark Frost have again hinted at the underlying meaning of this recurring motif.

Film companies are now cutting ‘stoner’ versions of trailers

By Adam Woodward

Marijuana users represent an increasingly large chunk of the marketing pie.

David Lynch reflects on the phone call that changed his life

By Little White Lies

The cult director recalls a defining moment in his career in this exclusive clip from The Art Life.

Why Monterey Pop remains the pinnacle of concert movies

By Matthew Eng

DA Pennebaker’s documentary milestone remains historically vital and as bracingly alive as ever.

The 10 best films we saw at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017

By David Jenkins

Our favourite documentaries from this year’s festival – all of which you should look out for.

How The Mummy set the tone for the modern horror blockbuster

By Danilo Castro

Stephen Sommers’ 1999 film offers the perfect blend of scares, thrills and high camp.

Footprints of a god: Princess Mononoke 20 years on

By Nathanael Smith

The ecological message at the heart of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 film feels even more urgent today.

Discover this ’80s slasher that’s an early prelude to The Babadook

By Anton Bitel

Ovidio G Assonitis’ Madhouse similarly concerns a damaged woman’s psychotic meltdown.

How modern horror cinema is galvanising Generation Z

By Alice Bucknell

The likes of Raw, The Transfiguration and others speak directly to self-aware, socially-conscious teens.

Is this the greatest true crime story never told?

By Little White Lies

New documentary Out of Thin Air features a double murder case that’s stranger than fiction.

Funeral Parade of Roses offers a peek into a hidden world

By Charles Bramesco

Toshio Matsumoto’s kaleidoscopic masterpiece offers a vital perspective on gender, sexuality and identity.

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