HOW CHILDHOOD PERSPECTIVES COMPLICATE ADULT DRAMAS
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About Dry Grasses is the latest film to adopt the point of view of a child, forced to face something beyond their maturity level, as a means of questioning adult assumptions, writes Emily Maskell.
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HOW KNEECAP FILMMAKER RICH PEPPIATT DIRECTED THE BAND TO PLAY THEMSELVES
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he writer-director of the Sundance-winning, Irish-language rap dramedy reveals how he helped guide the titular band to portray themselves on camera.
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TWISTERS REVIEW: THE DUMB FUN SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER WE NEED
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Glen Powell proves his leading-man chops as an arrogant storm chaser in Lee Isaac Chung’s entertaining, silly spectacle, where bricks cascade, hay bales fly and cars aquaplane. By Yasmin Omar
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THELMA & THE ELDERLY RENEGADES REDEFINING OLD AGE ON SCREEN
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They say life begins at 40, but could it actually be 80? A recent cohort of rule-flouting silver-haired film characters – including June Squibb’s avenging pensioner and Michael Caine’s nursing-home breakout – are rewriting expectations of the elderly. By Victoria Luxford
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THE 2024 SUMMER JOURNAL IS OUT NOW
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There's a new issue of the Summer Journal! Read Yasmin Omar's editor's letter for a taste of what you can expect to find in the new (free!) magazine.
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SHOULD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES SPREAD CONSPIRACY THEORIES?
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As Fly Me to the Moon calls the Moon landing into question, Laura Venning asks whether cinema has a responsibility to uphold the truth – even in fiction.
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MAXXXINE LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF ELEVATED HORROR
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Modern horror has become obsessed, to a parodic degree, with embedding trauma into its narratives. Here, Billie Walker explores how Ti West’s gleefully gruesome movies both mock, and undermine, so-called ‘elevated horror’.
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THE NATURE OF LOVE REVIEW: A SURPRISING, CLASS-CONSCIOUS ROMANCE
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The actress-turned-writer-director Monia Chokri flings two socially ill-fitting people together in her heady relationship drama. It’s what she does next, though, that really catches your attention. By Yasmin Omar
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KINDS OF KINDNESS REVIEW: A TWISTED, TROUBLING TRIPTYCH
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In his signature dark, disorienting style, Yorgos Lanthimos delivers a star-studded, three-part drama that delves into the disturbing dynamics of abusive relationships, writes Yasmin Omar.
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YORGOS LANTHIMOS' TRANSGRESSIVE DANCE SEQUENCES
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From voguing in The Favourite to arrhythmic jumping in Poor Things, the dance sequences in the director’s oeuvre reflect wider themes of social rebellion, says Hannah Strong.
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