A dystopian retro-future of telepathic mutants, gladiators and fascists – does Joe D’Amato’s vision of 2025 show any resemblance to our current reality?

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06.03.2025

What on Earth is The Show About the Show?

Caveh Zahedi counts Greta Gerwig and the Safdie Brothers among his admirers – but where do you begin with a beast as strange and sprawling as his all-consuming magnum opus?

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04.03.2025

The radical DIY miracle of Marble Ass

Born out of Belgrade's underground scene in 1995, Želimir Žilnik's celebration of a tight-knit community of sex workers has a particular power in today's increasingly divided society.

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04.03.2025

Watch: Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17, Robert Pattinson's 'joke' accent and his favourite creatures

We catch up with one of our all-time favourite filmmakers about his sci-fi caper and creating croissant-like creatures.

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01.03.2025

Off the Deep End: Fred Halsted's Slippery Sadism

Half a century on, the man behind Sextool and LA Plays Itself remains a pioneering, proactive figure of films that straddle the line between pornography and art.

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28.02.2025

The Last Showgirl review – dreamy and low-key to a fault

Pamela Anderson excels as an over-the-hill Vegas showgirl seeing out her notice period in this low-key, vibey backstage drama from Gia Coppola.

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28.02.2025

Lost in Translation: The unsung art of subtitling

The "one-inch barrier" that Bong Joon Ho spoke of in 2019 still exists – and it's not always audiences who are to blame for subtitles being inaccessible.

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27.02.2025

Heightened Drama: Inside the operatic adaptation of Festen

Thomas Vinterberg's 1998 drama finds its way to the Royal Opera House courtesy of an elaborate new reimagining – but how on earth do you adapt a Dogme 95 film into an opera?

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27.02.2025

Tornado – first-look review - Little White Lies

John “Slow West” Maclean returns with a Samurai-inspired heist thriller set in the English wilds – the eccentric results are mixed.

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26.02.2025

How Mouthwashing continues Alien's condemnation of worker exploitation

Taking cues from Ridley Scott's juggernaut, Mouthwashing is a fascinating game about worker exploitation and the violence of the patriarchy.

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25.02.2025

Has WWE become another cog in the Netflix machine?

As WWE enters its Netflix Era, there's an awful lot of "brand synergy" – and it's becoming a distraction.

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25.02.2025

Mickey 17 review – gross and heartwarming in equal measure

Robert Pattinson stars as a so-called expendable in Bong Joon Ho's hotly anticipated follow-up to Parasite, facing off against perma-tanned megalomaniacs and croissant-shaped creatures.

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25.02.2025

This city is our playground: A drive-by of Grand Theft Auto machinima

Grand Theft Hamlet might be the highest profile film made inside Rockstar's flagship franchise, but it's certainly not the first – join us on a cruise through San Andreas Cinema.

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20.02.2025

I'm Still Here review – memory as resistance

Walter Salles returns to narrative filmmaking with a sensitive depiction of the forced disappearance of former congressman Rubens Paiva, and the devastation his family faced.

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19.02.2025

September Says review – uncanny and tender

Two sisters share an unshakable bond in Ariane Labed's uniquely strange feature debut.

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17.02.2025

Full of stars: The Straight Story

David Lynch's most unlikely feature examines the pain, regret, love and hope that makes life worth living.

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17.02.2025

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A Cure for the Ghosted

After a cruel break-up, a writer finds comfort and relief in Michel Gondry's offbeat 2004 romantic drama.

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17.02.2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

Renée Zellweger dons her big knickers again as the frazzled heroine, this time getting her groove back after her husband's death.

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17.02.2025

In Twin Peaks

Screenwriter, filmmaker and David Lynch disciple Aaron Stewart-Ahn reflects on growing up a stone's throw from the setting of Lynch's magnum opus, and what lies at the beating heart of all his creative work.

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17.02.2025

The Monkey review – Theo James goes ape

A cheeky monkey with a violent streak gets Theo James in all sorts of trouble in Osgood Perkins' bloodthirsty horror based on a Stephen King short story.

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17.02.2025

Cottontail review – Lily Franky gives another stunning performance

Lily Franky stars in this tender tale about a father and son travelling from Tokyo to the Lake District to scatter his late wife's ashes.

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17.02.2025

Yi Yi, or Y2K

Edward Yang's 2000 masterpiece about a middle-class family in Taipei might be the defining film of the millennium.

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17.02.2025

Heart Eyes review – a gimmicky horror fauxmance

Two youngsters come a cropper of a very particular masked maniac in Josh Ruben's dismal horror-romance mash-up.

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17.02.2025

Desire Wore Blue Velvet

Jourdain Searles reflects on the power dynamics at play in David Lynch's seductive 1986 thriller.

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17.02.2025

The People’s Joker – you have to see it to believe it

A glorious, multifarious and modern rethink of the coming of age story as filtered through superhero movies, stand-up and the trans experience.

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17.02.2025

Nostalgia folding in upon itself: A visit to Wong Kar-wai’s Bangkok

A writer reflects on retracing the steps of Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in Thailand's capital, many years after In The Mood For Love.

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17.02.2025

To A Land Unknown review – a brilliantly acted tale of moral complexity

Two Palestinian refugees navigate the seedy underbelly of Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s compelling fiction feature debut.

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17.02.2025

Yi Yi, or Y2K

Edward Yang's 2000 masterpiece about a middle-class family in Taipei might be the defining film of the millenium.

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17.02.2025

I Am Martin Parr review – a one-sided artist portrait

An unapologetic hagiography of the famed British photographer whose work chronicles working class leisure time.

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02.02.2025

First Person Plural – first-look review - Little White Lies

A bourgeois couple experience the noxious effects of a vaccine in this gorgeous, surreal study of corrupted minds and bodies.

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02.02.2025

Vitrival – first-look review - Little White Lies

This absorbing and carefully-crafted chronicle of a quaint Belgian village crumbling to pieces is 2025 breakout.

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02.02.2025

One more cup of coffee in Mulholland Drive

Adam Woodward reflects on the importance of a cup of coffee in David Lynch's Hollywood neo-noir.

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01.02.2025

Companion review – no thrills, only spills in this AI apologia

Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star as a young couple whose weekend away uncovers difficult truths about their relationship in Drew Hancock's sci-fi thriller.

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01.02.2025

Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator

In our tribute to the works and worlds of David Lynch, David Jenkins reflects on his most spiritual film.

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Sister Midnight review – a droll, strange, cool freak of a film

Remembering Souleymane Cissé: An Uncompromising Pioneer of African Cinema

Marching Powder review – a proper, proper gaffe

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found review – a vital piece of cine-portraiture - Little White Lies

Severed, Reprinted, Impersonated: The Rise of Cinema’s ‘Work Double’

On Falling review – Solidly-made slice of Loachian miserablism

Life is a B-Movie: Joe D’Amato’s Bizarre Prophecy of 2025

What on Earth is The Show About the Show?

The radical DIY miracle of Marble Ass

Watch: Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17, Robert Pattinson's 'joke' accent and his favourite creatures

Off the Deep End: Fred Halsted's Slippery Sadism

The Last Showgirl review – dreamy and low-key to a fault

Lost in Translation: The unsung art of subtitling

Heightened Drama: Inside the operatic adaptation of Festen

Tornado – first-look review - Little White Lies

How Mouthwashing continues Alien's condemnation of worker exploitation

Has WWE become another cog in the Netflix machine?

Mickey 17 review – gross and heartwarming in equal measure

This city is our playground: A drive-by of Grand Theft Auto machinima

I'm Still Here review – memory as resistance

September Says review – uncanny and tender

Full of stars: The Straight Story

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A Cure for the Ghosted

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

In Twin Peaks

The Monkey review – Theo James goes ape

Cottontail review – Lily Franky gives another stunning performance

Yi Yi, or Y2K

Heart Eyes review – a gimmicky horror fauxmance

Desire Wore Blue Velvet

The People’s Joker – you have to see it to believe it

Nostalgia folding in upon itself: A visit to Wong Kar-wai’s Bangkok

To A Land Unknown review – a brilliantly acted tale of moral complexity

Yi Yi, or Y2K

I Am Martin Parr review – a one-sided artist portrait

First Person Plural – first-look review - Little White Lies

Vitrival – first-look review - Little White Lies

One more cup of coffee in Mulholland Drive

Companion review – no thrills, only spills in this AI apologia

Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator

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