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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Best Movies Directed By Ridley Scott
LIST
Ahead of Gladiator II, we look back at the very best Ridley Scott movies that showcase the prolific director’s varied, groundbreaking filmography.
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How Merchant Ivory Broke with Tradition
ARTICLE
As a new documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes turmoil on Merchant Ivory productions, Witches (2024) director Elizabeth Sankey posits that the duo’s deceptively low-budget British period dramas are more subversive than they may seem.
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How Paddington Bear Reflects Modern Britain
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Sophie Monks Kaufman considers the political atmosphere into which each of the Paddington films has been released, and how the marmalade-loving bear has gone from an undocumented immigrant to a British passport holder.
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Enda Walsh Excavates Irish History in Small Things Like These
ARTICLE
Rōgan Graham explores the assorted works of the Dublin screenwriter and playwright, who specialises in insightful, dialogue-light character studies that highlight the dark truths of his nation’s history.
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