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The best new films from New Horizons Film Festival 2018

By Matt Thrift

Some of the strongest emerging voices in world cinema took centre stage at the Polish festival’s 18th edition.

How The Stairs provides an honest insight into drug addiction

By Manuela Lazic

Hugh Gibson’s 2016 documentary is a sensitive and important portrait of addicts in Toronto.

Is this the definitive film on the conflict between North and South Korea?

By David Jenkins

Kim Dong-won’s rare 2003 film Repatriation plays at the 2018 London Korean Film Festival.

Brett Haley: ‘I do like The Backstreet Boys, I wanna put that on record’

By Hannah Woodhead

The director of Sundance hit Hearts Beat Loud talks about his favourite bands, Stephen Sondheim, and provides an impassioned defence of compilation soundtracks.

Nicolas Winding Refn wants to share his movie collection with you

By David Jenkins

We’ve teamed up with the director of Drive and The Neon Demon to bring weird cinema to the masses.

LWLies 76: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

By Little White Lies

Desiree Akhavan’s sparkling conversion therapy drama graces the cover of our autumn issue.

Discover the grainy depravity of this notorious cannibal horror

By Anton Bitel

Umberto Lenzi’s Cannibal Ferox fully deserves its reputation as one of the genre’s toughest watches.

The absurd story of the greatest footballer never to play football

By David Whelan

A new documentary charts the life and career of one of professional sport’s greatest con men.

25 new films to look out for this awards season

By Lillian Crawford

Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle and Yorgos Lanthimos all look like early contenders for major awards.

1980s cinema and the disturbing side of suburbia

By James Morton

With the likes of Blue Velvet and Society, the decade saw the American Dream turn into something grotesque.

The Coen brothers are heading to the 2018 Venice Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

Their feature-length western will screen in competition alongside new works from Luca Guadagnino, Jennifer Kent and Alfonso Cuarón.

High Life, If Beale Street Could Talk confirmed for 2018 Toronto Film Festival

By Hannah Woodhead

Claire Denis and Barry Jenkins will present their latest work when the festival kicks off on 6 September.

How Saving Private Ryan changed my life

By Spencer Moleda

Steven Spielberg’s World War Two drama brought me closer to my grandfather, who survived the D-Day landings.

How Session 9 explores the horrors of toxic masculinity

By Thomas Hobbs

This forgotten 2001 horror set in an abandoned asylum offers a pertinent look at a modern issue.

Why Small Soldiers is one of the deepest kids’ movies ever made

By Nathan Smith

There’s a sly satiric message at the heart of Joe Dante’s 1998 tale of action figures running amuck.

Damien Chazelle’s First Man to open the 2018 Venice Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

The writer/director will be hoping to use the festival as a launchpad for next year’s Oscars.

20 of the best new TV shows you should watch

By Emma Fraser

From peak Amy Adams to the return of Matt Groening, these are the series you can’t afford to miss this summer.

Lauren Greenfield: ‘Authentic culture is being destroyed by capitalism’

By Thomas Curry

The award-winning documentary filmmaker discusses her latest chronicle of capitalist America, Generation Wealth.

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