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INTERVIEW
In a wide-ranging conversation with Amon Warmann, the musician discusses building the score’s intensity, ramping up the didgeridoos and collaborating on the film’s sound mix.
READ NOW →THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF LA CHIMERA
VIDEO
Throughout Alice Rohrwacher’s work, pastoral settings are infused with magical imagery and complex moral questions; La Chimera adds to this by opening a conversation both with its own storytelling and the traditions it sits alongside.
READ NOW →THE VERY SPECIFIC APPEAL OF HUGH GRANT’S ROMANTIC DECLARATIONS
DEEP FOCUS
To celebrate 25 years of Notting Hill, Yasmin Omar looks back at how its star has delivered heart-soaring amorous speeches over the years, with all the attendant fumbling and eyelash-fluttering.
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ARTICLE
The bleak sci-fi futures presaged in Furiosa, Dune: Part Two and Fallout all depict arid worlds where water is a precious rarity. Billie Walker explores this unsettling trend.
BOOK NOWHOW HOARD GRAPPLES WITH THE GROSSNESS OF GIRLHOOD
ARTICLE
A far cry from the immaculate pretty-pink worlds of Barbie and Priscilla, Hoard revels in the more disgusting aspects of young womanhood that so much cinema pointedly ignores, writes Miriam Balanescu.
Read Now →THE TOP 25 PALME D'OR WINNERS OF ALL TIME
LIST
There’s a lion, a bear, a leopard and a tiger; international film festival prizes come in all shapes and sizes, but the one prize to rule them all is undoubtedly the Palme d’Or – the Golden Palm.
READ NOW →ARCHAEOLOGY OF IMAGE: THE FILMS OF ALICE ROHRWACHER
WOMEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Hannah Strong digs into the beguiling world of Alice Rohrwacher's imagination, considering the filmmaker's dazzling La Chimera, Happy as Lazzaro and more.
READ NOW →HOW LOVE LIES BLEEDING QUEERS THE CRIME THRILLER
ARTICLE
Billie Walker investigates the ways in which Rose Glass’ lesbian crime thriller subverts conventional genre tropes, from romantic jealousy and gendered violence to latent machismo.
READ NOW →CURZON RELAUNCH SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION LABEL ARTIFICIAL EYE
CURZON ACQUIRES
Artificial Eye, the arthouse distribution company established in 1976, is being relaunched by UK film company Curzon as a theatrical and home entertainment label.
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INTERVIEW
Veteran Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio discusses his compelling account of a real-life incident that pitted two cultures against each other.
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