Vengeance Most Fowl: Anne King on Wallace, Gromit & Feathers McGraw’s Return
INTERVIEW
Josh Slater-Williams speaks to the film’s head of puppets, who’s worked with Aardman since Chicken Run, about her creative process.
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In Queer, Art Imitates Life
ARTICLE
On the occasion of Luca Guadagnino’s screen adaptation of William S Burroughs’ sexually charged novel, Ian Haydn Smith considers how the self-confessed ‘literary outlaw’ folded his personal experiences into the book.
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The New Awards Journal is Here
Awards Buzz
The new Awards Journal – which includes interviews with the season’s top contenders, category-by-category analysis and think pieces – is now available for free in all Curzon cinemas. Here, we share Yasmin Omar's editor's letter, which gives a flavour of what you'll find in the issue.
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Colman Domingo: I Gave Everything I Could to Sing Sing
Awards Buzz
An Oscar hopeful for A24’s poignant carceral drama, Domingo discusses his early career in educational theatre, his transition from character actor to leading man and his efforts to redefine traditional masculinity. By Yasmin Omar
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Conclave & The Characters who Use God for Personal Gain
ARTICLE
Edward Berger’s papal potboiler reveals the self-serving unscrupulousness of holy men. Here, Victoria Luxford considers cinema’s sinister ministers, from There Will Be Blood to The Night of the Hunter.
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Rumours & the Rise of Apocalyptic Satires
ARTICLE
Guy Maddin’s comedy is the latest in a line of films that finds humour in extinction-level catastrophe, while also pointing fingers at the elite for its colossal failings, writes Miriam Balanescu.
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19 Best Christmas Films
List
Overwhelmed by what to watch this holiday season? We’ve selected 19 classic films full of Christmas cheer, fear and frolics for you to enjoy.
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Amrou Al-Kadhi on Layla and Queer, Arab Joy on Screen
INTERVIEW
Writer-director Amrou Al-Kadhi talks to Hanna Flint about their debut film Layla, and what it represents.
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What Makes a Good Witch?
Article
As Wicked arrives in cinemas, Billie Walker explores changing cultural depictions of witches, tracing how the disobedience of these once persecuted figures has been reclaimed as morally courageous rule-flouting.
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The Indie Directors Who Pivoted to Blockbusters
List
As Moonlight Oscar winner Barry Jenkins takes on Mufasa, we look back at the indie-film directors who have directed mega-budget movies.
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