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Rungano Nyoni: “Trauma is minding your business and then there’s a body lying next to you”

What to expect from the 2024 Marrakech Film Festival

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An Oral History of Scent of a Woman

Martin Brest’s 1992 film has become a crowd-pleasing classic since it first swept cinemas 32 years ago. We talk to the director about the making of his award-winning drama, alongside a special note from star Al Pacino.

Melissa Barrera: “The most fun I ever had on set was either while covered in blood or doing a musical number.”

The actor joins A Rabbit’s Foot to discuss her enduring love for all things musical theatre, her vision for a film industry that values empathy, and her role in fantasy rom-com Your Monster.

A film lover’s guide to food movies

From gluttonous buffets to quiet and pensive family meals that expose the loves and tragedies of humanity, eating is a way of expression that is sometimes at the core of the cinematic experience. Below, Chris Cotonou and Luke Georgiades offer up a serving of 9 films that in one way or another tap into food’s ability to bring people together.

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Antonella Sudasassi on Memories of a Burning Body: “Sex is something we need to survive.”

The director discusses her intimate, transportive new feature.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa on creating a living hell in new thriller ‘Cloud’

The modern master of Japanese horror discusses his latest, a thrilling examination of the consequences of digital-age alienation.

London Palestine Film Festival Founder: “This is revolutionary cinema”

The annual festival returns from 15th - 29th November with a reliably powerful selection of films curated by founder and director Khaled Ziada and team.

The creaturely universe of Andrea Arnold

“Let’s see what is erotic” : Audrey Diwan on creating Emmanuelle

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The Tampopo guide to eating ramen

Japanese master Juzo Itami’s 1985 cult “ramen western” marries death, sex, and food together in one large and satiating cinematic broth. The result is a transcendental meditation on the joys of eating.

Life as art: Kim Min-hee in the films of Hong Sang-soo

From Russia with Love: Sean Baker and Mikey Madison on Anora

Ali Abbasi on The Apprentice: “This isn’t a Trump movie, it’s a transformation movie”

Coralie Fargeat: “I give birth through my art”

With A Nice Indian Boy, Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni are reinventing the rom-com in their own image

London Film Festival ’24: Ten unmissable gems

Shinya Tsukamoto on body horror’s new prestige era

Bruce Robinson: “You want to go up to 70 mph. That’s where the madness happens”

The Substance and the critical self

Sweltering desire: a critic’s verdict on the 2024 Venice Film Festival

Vive l’amour at 30: Tsai Ming-liang revisits his intoxicating masterpiece

The Malaysian director's Golden Bear winning sophomore feature is as relevant now than it was in 1994.

In Sing Sing, Clarence Maclin is tapping into his rawest self

We speak to the Sing Sing actor about his breakout role, which might just prove to be the best performance of the year.

Joachim Rønning: “Young Woman and the Sea [is] the movie I want for my daughters.”

The director's latest focuses on the forgotten odyssey of 1920s Olympian swimmer Trudy Ederle, who became the first woman to cross the English channel.

The Last Samurai: in memory of Alain Delon

We pay tribute to the great French actor who left an indelible mark on cinema and pop culture.

Venice 2024: 10 unmissable films playing this year

With new features from Pedro Almodovar and Luca Guadagnino, Todd Field's Joker: Folie à deux and Pablo Larrain’s portrait of Maria Callas, here are the unmissable films at this year’s festival.

Happy 100th birthday, Sidney Lumet!

The prolific filmmaker Sidney Lumet would have turned 100 this year. Although not as famous as Spielberg or Scorsese, Lumet made significant contributions to American cinema with iconic films like 12 Angry Men, Serpico, and Network. PK Fellowes explores the director’s origins, and charts an influential filmic oeuvre that explores moral dilemmas and societal decay.

Anurag Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur

Few Indian films have made an impression on global cinema like the two-part crime epic Gangs of Wasseypur. Few Indian directors have made such an impact, either— changing the way their cinema is understood both at home and abroad. Writing for A Rabbit’s Foot, Anurag Kashyap describes the influences and experiences that led to his sweeping gangster story.

With Didi, Sean Wang is telling a new kind of coming-of-age story

The 2008-set comedy-drama stirringly explores the ache of adolescence at the turn of the new millennium.

Are we living in the age of single parent cinema?

Mapping onto a rising real-life demographic, a new fleet of emotionally attuned single parent films, from The Florida Project to Janet Planet, is exploring the gap between parental responsibility and freedom.

Hard-Boiled Rice: The Avant-Garde Noir of Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki was a maverick of Japanese cinema who served as the antithesis that noir should inherently be rooted in the real world. Though he was a company man for Nikkatsu, it was his tempestuous collaborations with the production studio that inadvertently birthed one of Japan’s most bold anti-establishment auteurs—a playful renegade with a knack for the absurd.

Notes from the unrequited: Isabel Sandoval on Wong Kar-wai

Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval explores the crossroads between desire and memory in the cinema of Wong Kar-wai, particularly his 1990 film Days of Being Wild.

Absence as presence in the cinema of Marguerite Duras

Although Duras is better known as a writer, having written 50 books throughout her career, her filmmaking was similarly groundbreaking and prolific. Cici Peng explores the aesthetics of Duras's filmic images, defined by their haunting negativity and relation to the unrepresentable.

Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance is a gift of Native American filmmaking

The director's first fiction feature is a proud declaration of Native American existence in the cinematic canon.

A Rabbit’s Foot short film competition

A Rabbit's Foot presents its inaugural short film competition, 'The Senses'.

Modern dance: why we are living in the age of off-kilter choreography

A Yorgos Lanthimos film isn’t a Yorgos Lanthimos film without a strange and jaunty jig. A result of TikTok aesthetics, in recent years the trope of off-kilter choreography has reached far wider than the Greek auteur, says Alex Denney.

With Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina Soualem is taking back her family’s legacy

The French-Algerian Palestinian filmmaker's second film retraces the resilient legacy of the Palestinian women in her family.

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“We had Satan on speed-dial”: An Oral History of Drugstore Cowboy

A Rabbit's Foot talks to director Gus Van Sant, stars Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch, producers Laurie Parker and Nick Wechsler, and screenwriter Dan Yost about the film that helped kick off a new wave of American independant cinema.

Jeanne Moreau and the new Femme Fatale

One of the most significant actors in French film history, Jeanne Moreau made her name playing alluring but troubled heroines. Whilst the term femme fatale followed Moreau to the grave, Kitty Grady explores how Moreau brought a more nuanced definition to the age-old archetype, one that coincided with the birth of the French New Wave.

How Charles Vidor’s Gilda proclaimed the nightfall of noir 

Gilda greeted the first Cannes Film Festival audience with a new type of morally ambiguous story, becoming a definitive example of film noir—complete with its iconic Rita Hayworth performance. In this essay, Peter Bradshaw explores the love story in which hate is the biggest aphrodisiac.

Levan Akin: “Earnestness is something I miss in film”

The Swedish director discusses Crossing, an undulating tale of a retired Georgian woman's search for her trans niece in Istanbul.

Tom Holkenborg on building character and culture into his Furiosa score

The composer discusses how he created the soaring but sensitive sonic world of Furiosa, the second installment in George Miller’s Mad Max franchise.

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Blood, sweat and Hoard: an interview with Joseph Quinn and Saura Lightfoot-Leon

The stars of Luna Carmoon's Hoard, Joseph Quinn and Saura Lightfoot-Leon talk sperm-sweat aftershave, Venice Film Festival and making films that feel nourishing.

Cannes 2024: Seven unmissable films playing this year

The biggest film festival in the world is back with a typically impressive lineup.

In Challengers, of course tennis is a metaphor for sex

In Luca Guadagnino's Challengers, the sport becomes a vessel to explore a volatile, sexually charged love triangle, where every interaction has the ping-pong energy of an intense rally, says Iana Murray.

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Nick Love: Because of my films, I’ve made lots of friends with gangsters

From being one of film's naughty step children to getting a BFI retrospective, Nick Love opens up on his early life, addiction, and how masculinity has changed for the better.

Saints and sinners: Eddie Marsan on his role as Mitch Winehouse

The beloved British actor talks Back To Black, Mitch Winehouse, and what he’s learnt about acting over his accomplished career.

Ray Winstone on tough guy roles, love stories and working with Guy Ritchie

The iconic British actor talks about his incredible career and legacy.

Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes is quickly becoming Luca Guadagnino’s favourite doubles partner  

The playwright and novelist Justin Kuritzkes discusses his film debut Challengers, whose script was inspired by a moment between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka at the 2018 US Open. He discusses erotic tension, reality TV and his adaptation of William S. Burrough's 'Queer,' Guadagnino's next project.

Thea Sharrock: Wicked Little Letters isn’t a political piece

Director Thea Sharrock discusses the making of her latest feature.

Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is a powerful meditation on materialism and memory

Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is a charming tale that blurs the line between the real and the supernatural, the past and the present. From tarot to the Etruscans, Rohrwacher speaks to us about her inspirations.

Humanity erased: are veneers ruining Hollywood?

Naturalistic teeth might not be the most obvious takeaway from Dune 2, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic, but for Haaniyah Angus, they were. Here, she explores cinema’s addiction to veneers and cosmetic surgery, asking what we might be losing as a result.

Evil Does Not Exist is Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s biggest surprise yet

We sit down with the Japanese filmmaker to discuss his hypnotic latest feature.

Clint Eastwood is still the embodiment of true American grit

Hollywood producer Bill Gerber catches up with the legendary four-time Academy Award-winning actor, and human embodiment of America Spirit, Clint Eastwood—in conversation.

How Desert Hearts used the Western to pioneer a new vision for queer film

Donna Deitch's slice of Queer Americana has become a cult classic. Below, Allegra Handelsman pens a thoughtful essay on the themes and legacy of the romantic drama.

Jeff Bridges on his decades-long love affair with photography

A Rabbit's Foot talks to Jeff Bridges about his favourite camera, the Widelux F8, working with Francis Ford Coppola, and the crossroads between photography and cinema.

Ramy Youssef tour tickets and Tilda Swinton bedtime story among prizes at upcoming ‘Cinema For Gaza’ auction

Ever wished that Tilda Swinton would read you a bedtime story before bed? Here's your chance.

Neo Sora on his father Ryuichi Sakamoto: “He fell in love with the decay of sounds.”

If you’ve ever felt moved by Ryuichi Sakamoto’s music, then Opus is a film you’ll never want to end. A painfully intimate concert experience that doubles as a magnificent swan song for one of the most accomplished musicians of the last 50 years. As final breaths go, Opus is as triumphant as it gets.

With The Sweet East, Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton are declaring independence

'The Sweet East' portrays a young woman’s maiden voyage through American subcultures. Director and screenwriter Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton discuss road movies, feline characters and creating bad-object movies.

Christopher Sharp talks bringing Bobi Wine documentary to the big screen

Guillaume Francois talks to Christopher Sharp about his Oscar-nominated documentary 'Bobi Wine: The People's President'

Knox’s ‘We Forgot To Break Up’ is reinventing 2000s nostalgia-core

We talk to the Canadian filmmaker about her Toronto-punk inspired latest feature, which premiered at the BFI Flare Film Festival last weekend.

Martial arts is a medium of emotion in Chui Mui Tan’s contribution to Miu Miu ‘Women’s Tales’

Miu Miu's acclaimed 'Women Tales' series returns with a fantastic new short by Malaysian filmmaker Chui Mui Tan, available to watch on MUBI. Featured images by Brigitte Lacombe for Miu Miu's Women's Tales.

The birds still sing at Auschwitz: on Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’

Lillian Crawford reflects on Jonathan Glazer's 'The Zone of Interest,' exploring what makes it an ethical portrayal of the Holocaust, and where other films have failed.

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Luna Carmoon: “Even when I was little I was always in touch with my shadow.”

We talk to Luna Carmoon about her festival hit Hoard, the state of British cinema, and her obsession with the macabre.

Hirokazu Koreeda: “What we don’t understand, we make into monsters”

The acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda discusses his new film Monster, his obsession with life’s tiny details and why only Ryuichi Sakamoto could have written the film’s score.

Ramy Youssef: “The art I love asks beautiful questions of the human condition”

Luke Georgiades sits down with the multi-hyphenate to discuss Poor Things, comedy, and the value in asking questions of the human condition, alongside original photography by A Rabbit's Foot creative director Fatima Khan and videography by Matilda Montgomery.

Jeff Nichols: “There are aspects of masculinity that are very romantic and human”

The director talks about the dangerous truth at the core of radicalism, the beautiful tension in masculinity, and his singular interpretation of The Bikeriders.

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5 films to watch at BFI Flare 2024

The top films to see at Europe's biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, running from 13th March until Sunday 24th March.

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Martin Scorsese on Robbie Robertson: “Our bond was unbreakable”

Martin Scorsese talks to Chris Cotonou about the legendary musician Robbie Robertson, who impacted him as much as a friend as a collaborator.

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Cymande: on afterlife, resilience, and Getting It Back

Alex Georgiades talks to Tim Mackenzie-Smith, the director of new documentary Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande as well as Steve Scipio and Patrick Paterson, two members of the iconic British funk-band itself.

And the award goes to…8 moments of mischief and scandal at the Academy Awards

Eight moments of iconic Oscar's drama, brought to you by Variety contributor Ben Croll. Illustrations by Orfeo Tagiuri.

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Willem Dafoe: “Acting is like being a colour in an artist’s palette.”

Chris Cotonou sits down with Willem Dafoe to talk about Poor Things, honing his craft, and the importance of yoga.

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Todd Haynes: “There’s an excitement in destabilising audiences”

The director speaks to Luke Georgiades about his provocative drama May December, his long-standing working relationship with Julianne Moore, and the delight he takes in stumping audiences.

How Shona Heath created the fantastically freaky world of Poor Things

Shona Heath has long been one of the most in-demand production designers around. Luke Georgiades caught up with Heath to discuss her collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos and how she and James Price breathed life into the world of Poor Things.

Wandering womb: the exquisite corpse of Bella Baxter

Adapted for screen by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things, Alasdair Gray’s 1992 steampunk novel, references La Salpêtrière, the famous hysteria hospital of late 19th century Paris. Does its heroine Bella Baxter, a 25 year-old woman with the brain of a baby, epitomise the notion of the ‘wandering womb’?

Sisterhood, sensitivity and safe spaces: Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters

Exploring the real life story of teenage girls radicalised by extremists, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters merges documentary with re-enactment to create an intimate analysis of their past and present. 

Berlinale 2024: Julia von Heinz on Treasure – “Crying is the greatest gift” 

Hannah Ghorashi speaks to Julia von Heinz about 'Treasure', a feature about intergenerational trauma starring Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham.

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Makeup artist Thomas Nellen on Jeff Bridges: “He is a very profound human being”

The acclaimed make-up artist talks working on Killers Of The Flower Moon, Avatar: The Way of Water, and his long working relationship with Jeff Bridges.

Plastic fantastic: how Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer built Barbie Land

The Production Designer and Set Decorator of Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' sit down with Kitty Grady to discuss how they brought the pink paradise to life.

A film lover’s guide to cocktails

Pair your next film with one of these tipples.

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Death Proof, and Quentin Tarantino’s Greatest Motor Moments

From Jackie Brown to Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino has been carving out his own automotive Mount Rushmore right under our noses.

London Film Festival ’23: Andrew Haigh on All of Us Strangers

The British director discusses his latest feature, a romantic ghost story starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott

Psychotically perfect: do TikTok beauty routines have their roots in cinema?

'Fit Checks' and 'Getting Ready With' videos are all over social media, but with their detached intimacy, are Noughties films like 'American Psycho,' 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Miss Congeniality' to blame?

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Sex, Longing, Angels, Ghosts: The Visual Legacy of Fallen Angels 

Wong Kar-wai’s hot-blooded portrait of Hong Kong melancholy is coded with the dissasociation of a generation. We take a deeper look at the master’s fifth film.

Godzilla Minus One review – more human than monstrous

For his remaking of the Japanese action classic, Yamazaki goes back to the source.

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Every film we’re looking forward to in 2024

From big budget blockbusters to world cinema, we've rounded up the next twelve months of cinema to have on your radar.

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Shaden Safieddine Tazi: Playing Tricks With Time

The Moroccan-Lebanese writer-director pens an open letter about time, memory, and her profound experience making her short film "Everything Will Disappear" in her grandparents' house in Morocco.

Predicting the Winners of the 2024 Golden Globes

We pick our favourites to win at this year's Golden Globes!

Our editors select the 10 best film moments of 2023

From surprising Godfather jokes to unexpectedly nostalgic music choices, here are the moments from 2023 we'll remember.

On death and stillness: Ridley Scott’s Thelma & Louise

"What if we just kept driving?" Ridley Scott's 1991 road movie Thelma & Louise is best known for its final shot—a still of the eponymous heroines shooting over the Grand Canyon. A feminist classic celebrating life, love and friendship, as Kitty Grady explores, death and stillness are only ever just around the corner.

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Reflections on Chantal Akerman

We explore filmmaker Chantal Akerman’s intimate but tumultuous relationship with her mother through her books.

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Ira Sachs on Passages: “It’s a film without shame.”

Ira Sachs joins Allegra Handelsman to talk queer love on screen, why the term 'toxic' is dated, and transcending labels of sexuality in his critically acclaimed Passages.

Alexander Payne: “Now that death is coming…I’m starting to recognise the value of multi-tasking.”

Alexander Payne discusses Road Movies and his new film, The Holdovers.

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Michael Mann: “I wanted there to be actual racing in the racing scenes!”

Master filmmaker Michael Mann speaks about Ferrari, Heat 2, and how his Chicago roots shaped his meticulously-crafted body of work.

Pictures of Ghosts review – magical realism without the spark 

Brazilian auteur Kleber Mendonça Filho offers a sleepy memoir around his home and the cinematic history of Recife. 

What we learned at Marrakech Film Festival 2023

We reflect on an unusual, but exciting edition of the Arab world's biggest film festival.

Emerald Fennell on Saltburn: “The more pathetic a character is, the closer they are to me”

The British director sits down with A Rabbit's Foot to discuss her beguiling new feature Saltburn, a film about the perils of class and desire. "The question I wanted to pose was: How do you get what you want out of something that will never want you back?"

Naomi Kawase’s next film is about “human evaporation”

At Marrakech Film Festival, the auteur talks about her commitment to reviving her hometown of Nara, as well as 'Johatsu,' a cultural phenomenon where people disappear without a trace.

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Marrakech Film Festival 2023: 5 Moroccan Films on our Radar

We highlight a few of the Moroccan gems from the 20th Marrakech Film Festival.

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BIFA ’23 nominations highlight a great year for British Indies

How To Have Sex, Scrapper, and All of Us Strangers lead BIFA 2023 nominations, in a particularly fantastic year for British Independent film.

Nia DaCosta: “For Me, Cinema Is Like Church”

The New York native tells A Rabbit’s Foot about working on The Marvels, her love for films and comics alike, and why cinema isn’t dead.

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TIFF and NYFF Announce Festival Lineups

Festival season is upon us, and the awards race has truly begun.

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The Venice Film Festival 2023: The Full Lineup

Despite the strikes raging through Hollywood, the Venice Film Festival is back with a confident lineup.

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Oppenheimer Review: Nolan’s Best Film Yet?

Christopher Nolan's epic portrait of the creator of the atomic bomb has finally exploded into cinemas.

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Settling the Barbenheimer War Once and For All

The Weekend's in, Barbie and Oppenheimer are finally out. The question remains: in the Barbenheimer war, whose side are you on?

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In Defence of Heartbreak: Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

Filmmaker Nathalie Ryan embraces heartbreak in this passionate essay on Michel Gondry's 2004 opus.

A Love Letter to ‘Love Jones’

Haaniyah Angus pens an appreciation for Theodore Witcher's 1997 cult-classic romance.

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Expressing Queerness: The cinema of Gregg Araki

Guest writer Ros Tibbs explores the cinema of Gregg Araki, a pioneer of the Queer New Wave.

Who Are You, Ms. Chantal Akerman?

On her would-be 73rd Birthday, we do a deep dive on the artistry and immortality of Chantal Akerman.

Mr. Cinephile

The Greatest Love of All: Movies

Cinephile and veteran film critic Jason Solomons talks about the one true love of his life: movies.

Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen: Sex And Movies And Sex And Sex

Filmmaker Ethan Coen talks new film Drive-Away Dykes and writes a personal ode to sex (and sex, and sex) on the movie screen.

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Cannes 2023 Winners Roundup

Capping off an eclectic selection at the film festival this year.

May December review – psychological drama stays on the surface

The anticipated new feature from Todd Haynes mysteriously keeps its characters at a distance...

Belle De Jour

The Temptations and Taboos of Luis Buñuel

We explore the sexual surrealism in the films of iconic auteur Luis Buñuel.

Anna Biller

Into the Dreamscape with Anna Biller

The acclaimed auteur talks her unique filmmaking style and her new Gothic-horror novel Bluebeard's Castle.

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Mike Nichols: A Prince of Motion Pictures

The iconic director Mike Nichols gets an up close and personal essay on his life both on and off the screen.

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Why ‘A Man and a Woman’ is the ultimate romance film

We return to Claude Lelouch’s seminal 1966 classic—observing its portrayal of romance and impact on French culture.

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Cosmic Love in “Á bout de souffle”

Luke Georgiades offers a different perspective of love in Jean-Luc Godard's A bout de souffle.

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The Love Asylum: Cinema’s Erotic Obsessive Muse

We dissect cinema's troubled history with vulnerable female characters—and look to a brighter solution.

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Rudolph Valentino: The Original Latin Lover

Peter Bradshaw looks into the rise, fall and untimely death of the 1920's silent film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino.

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Celine Song: A Conversation on Space, Time and Past Lives

From playwright to filmmaker, Celine Song has come out the gate a fully formed master. With Past Lives wowing critics and audiences alike this year, the South Korean-Canadian director joined us to discuss the makings of her epic sci-fi of the soul...

Love and Tragedy In The Realm of The Senses

We unpack the story behind Nags Oshima's erotic arthouse masterpiece, and the gruesome murder it was inspired by.

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A Conversation with Peter Weir on The Year of Living Dangerously

The great American filmmaker discusses his underrated masterpiece with Deputy editor Chris Cotonou.

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The wild love of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard

The tragic romance of the two of the most graceful lovers—aka The King and The Queen—to ever be immortalised in Hollywood's silver screen.

The Art of Selling Sex: The Erotic Film Poster

Writer Luke Georgiades unties the art of the erotic movie poster.

A hopeless romantic’s guide to British film

We present the very best of British romance film from the past century.

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Tropical Malady: On Mythos and Metamorphosis

Alex Clark dives deep on Apichatpong Weerasethakul's spiritual rumination on love and transformation: Tropical Malady.

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Beau Is Afraid is an anxiety attack run wild

Hannah Ghorashi reviews Ari Aster's polarising new feature...

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Air (ball): Forgettable sports biopic gives Jordan the bench

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunite to tell the story of Nike's partnership with Michael Jordan, but they can't quite land the shot.

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This Year’s Oscars saw the Academy Return to its Roots

Everything Everywhere All At Once made history last night as the Academy celebrated a year of fantastic filmmaking.

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The Common Journey: Henni Alftan

The artist offers perspective into her acclaimed artworks.

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POWER OF FILM: A Rabbit’s Foot Event Explores Love For The Moving Image

A Rabbit's Foot brought a masterclass to the Royal Institute for a two-day celebration of film.

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Femininity Takes The Screen as Miu Miu Celebrate Their ‘Women’s Tales’

The luxury fashion house celebrated the latest entry in their 'Women's Tales' short film series with a day of screenings and conversation.

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Inside Charles Finch’s star-studded BAFTA party

Take a glimpse into the glamorous event that ushers in the exciting third act of awards season.

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Skinamarink: where’d the meat go? A ‘horror’ stripped to its bare form

Visually arresting (or simply unique), Skinamarink is a promising horror that's more style over substance.

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Spike Lee, Malcolm X, and The Radicalism of Black Joy On-Screen

As Malcolm X celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, we reflect on Lee’s powerful career as a filmmaker affecting black representation.

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Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s Last Action Hero

With Top Gun: Maverick breaking box-office records in 2022, ARF explores the star power of Tom Cruise, Hollywood's last bonafide movie star.

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M3gan: Campy Horror Meets the Zeitgeist in Newest Addition to the Killer-Doll Genre

Although somewhat predictable, M3gan's GenZ take on the horror trope is sure to delight old and new fans.

Ava DuVernay: “I believe in Destiny.”

Multiple Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay discusses her fateful first love for cinema.

Benoît Delhomme: “I paint with the damage cinema inflicted on me”

The great cinematographer discusses his incredible career and his longstanding love for painting.

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Aftersun: A Quiet Masterpiece

Charlotte Wells' debut is a quietly moving act of imaginative empathy.

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What’s Love Got To Do With it?: Jemima Khan debuts a fun and smart culture-clash rom-com

Inspired by her own experience seeing arranged marriages in Pakistan, Jemima Khan's screenplay has a lot to love—especially for those curious about life beyond Tinder.

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Todd Field: “Anyone that’s serious about music is writing for video games.”

Todd Field discusses his break from film, his work in advertising and the politics of Tár.

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Capturing Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin is the subject of Laura Patrois' powerful documentary on the photographer's incredible life.

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The Opening Credits: How Poster Artwork Tells a Story of its Own

Graphic designer and Creative Director Jonas Zieher explains the nuanced art and science of the movie poster.

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William Holden: The Accidental Activist

Sam Murphy explores the enigma of the Oscar-winning William Holden: an iconic, yet reclusive, actor little known for his conservation work in Africa.

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Making the March on Rome

Filmmaker Mark Cousins analyses how fascist propaganda gripped Italian cinema

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Winston Churchill at the Movies

A best-selling Churchill biographer explains how the British prime-minister always made time to appreciate movies.

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Forget what you’ve heard: Babylon is the Oscar’s biggest snub yet

Damien Chazelle's cinematic masterclass is the best blockbuster of the year to barely make any money at all.

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Decision To Leave: A Visual Spectacular that Thrives in Sensuality

Luke Georgiades reviews Korean maestro Park Chan-wook's highly anticipated latest, a visual odyssey of paranoid sensuality...

Women Talking Feminist Review

Women Talking: Nuanced exploration of solidarity in the face of injustice

Writer and founder of the Kino Film Club Sabrina Raven explores Sarah Polley's old-school yet defiant "Women Talking"

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The Whale: Morbidly optimistic, Brendan Fraser’s comeback is hearstopping drama

Brendan Fraser's much touted comeback has seen standing ovations in Cannes - but how does the movie hold up?

Fellini’s Dreams

Our Rome correspondent Alain Elkann reminisces on Fellini’s Rome and his encounters with the director…including in his sleep.

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On Vittorio De Sica

The Guardian's chief film critic Peter Bradshaw pens his thoughts on the great director Vittorio De Sica

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The Search for Home: A Conversation with Davy Chou

The Cambodian-French filmmaker talks Return to Seoul, the joys and dangers of world travel, and his own experiences as a transnational.

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The Legacy Of La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita is Fellini’s masterpiece, and perhaps the most famous Italian film of all time. In his essay, Jonathan Romney looks at the movie’s prestige over time, as well as the addictively glamorous world it depicts.

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A Memory of Cinema Paradiso

Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso is one of the great love letters to cinema. Here, our online editor Luke Georgiades shares a love letter to Tornatore’s film.

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A Personal Account Of ‘The Dollars Trilogy’

Gretchen Heffernan gives us her personal perspective on Sergio Leone's classic 'Dollars Trilogy'

Holy Spider: Iranian Thriller Untangles a Delicate Web of Misogyny

Director Ali Abbasi captures Iran's 'Serial Killer Society' in this gripping take on true-crime events.

A Fistful Of Absurdity

Jason Diamond explores absurdity in the films of Sergio Leone...

White Noise

The 79th Venice Film Festival: A Watchlist

The twenty-four films vying for the Golden Lion this year – and the ten we think are the ones to watch

Chris Marker's La Jetée

No Escape: Memories in Time in Chris Marker’s La Jetée

Chris Marker’s La Jetée is a masterclass in the evocation of memory, argues Luke Georgiades.

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Louis Malle, Damage and the Erotic Thriller

Peregrine Kitchener-Fellowes explores Louis Malle's Damage, the controversial film from the director of Goodbye, Children and Elevator to the Gallows.

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A Note on Paris, 13th District

Writer Julien Planté brings his perspective on Jacques Audiard's Paris, 13th District

The Mark of Clouzot’s Le Corbeau

Writer Natasha A. Fraser looks at the history of Clouzot’s Le Corbeau, and how the accusatory letters would transcend into French public life.

Shortbus

The Glorious Fluidity of Shortbus

John Cameron Mitchell's boundary-pushing sex-comedy remains a refreshing ode to fluidity.

Luchino and the Leopard

Luchino Visconti was full of paradoxes. Here, Peregrine Kitchener-Fellowes investigates the man behind The Leopard.

Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi

Marrakech Film Festival: Winners & Highlights

For the 19th edition of the Marrakech film festival, discover this year's line up, the best in show and much more.

Catherine Hardwicke: “I made Twilight to help people love the planet”

On the occasion of its fifteenth birthday, A Rabbit's Foot caught up with director Catherine Hardwicke to discuss Twilight's legacy as well as her latest feature Mafia Mamma.

Memories of Claire’s Knee

British film director Damian Harris explores the influence of Claire’s Knee on his life and work.

The fighter : Jen Fonda's Activism

The Fighter: Jane Fonda’s Activism

An icon for not only cinema but social causes, Jane Fonda has never backed down from a fight.

Matthew Modine On Paths of Glory

Offering his unique insight, Matthew Modine shares an essay on his memories of working with Kubrick, Paths of Glory, and Full Metal Jacket.

Morricone: A Reluctant Genius

Ennio Morricone made some of the most memorable scores in film history, but his relationship to his art could be complicated, writes Jason Solomons.

Now Playing Everywhere: How to Build a Global Cinema

The CEO and founder of intellectual streaming service MUBI shares how he projected his love for cinema into our living rooms.

On Le soleil et l’éclipse, Françoise Dorléac

Virginie Mouzat looks into the under-appreciated magic of Francois Dorleac.

On Paths of Glory

Offering his unique insight, Matthew Modine shares an essay on his memories of working with Kubrick, Paths of Glory, and Full Metal Jacket.

On Paul Gegauff

Journalist Alison Boshoff explores the dark enigma of Paul Gegauff, the lesser-known archetype for some of French cinema’s most troubled characters.

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On The Battle of Algiers’ Enduring Influence

Actor Matthew Modine discusses the lesson in the horrors of colonisation, and a gripping realisation of what happens when the people fight back.

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Real Love: Cinema Paradiso

Allegra Handelsman writes of love in Guiseppe Tornatore's iconic Cinema Paradiso...

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Retuning T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets

A pandemic project, Ralph Fiennes challenged himself to commit T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets to memory.

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Seven Lessons From Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director and writer Mark Cousins opens up on the ways that Pier Paolo Pasolini changed his life, in this emotional, deeply personal essay.

Soho Film Club

Shaden Adela: Confessions Of A ’99

The writer-director waxes on conceiving the Soho Film Club, a formative experience dating a cinephile, and Pedro Almodovar...

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The Banshees of Inisherin: Gleeson and Farrell’s Existential Break-Up is a Joy to Watch

McDonagh's deeply existential film delights with lyrically Irish comedy.

Tilda Swinton feminist movie The Eternal Daughter

The Eternal Daughter: Beauty and Bloodshed in Mother/Daughter Relationships

Tilda Swinton is luminous in Joanna Hogg’s dizzying country house ghost story

The French Holiday Flick

A travelogue through the south of France, the summertime muse of Cinema Francais.

The Forgotten Visionaries of Early French Cinema

Godfrey Daniel's takes us on a tour of 'firsts' through French Cinema History

The Formative Years of Cosima Spender

Filmmaker Cosima Spender reflects on the uniquely bohemian childhood and Tuscan home that shaped her creative endeavours.

Grande belleza: The hidden charms of Sophia Loren

Writer Natasha A. Fraser explores how Sophia Loren won over Hollywood.

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Alfonso Cuarón: “Impulse Is Where The Beauty Is”

The academy-award winning filmmaker talks to A Rabbit's Foot Editor-in-Chief Charles Finch.

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The hidden politics of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis

Reeling from a hangover, guest-writer Allegra Handelsman uncovers the politics of sci-fi godfather Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 'Metropolis'

The Manifesto: French Issue

The past is forever, but the future of cinema and the arts remains one of optimism and fantasy. As the world changes — as unexplored subjects are brought closer to the lens — filmmakers, actors, and creatives in France are emerging with perspectives that have the power to change their society. This is their manifesto. Their J’Accuse; a call to arms, a rousing spark for their beloved metiers.

The Manifesto: Italian Issue

The young artists of Italian Cinema offer us their personal manifestos...

The Open Ending

The author Ilaria Bernardini forged a close bond with the director Bernardo Bertolucci before he passed away. She recounts their friendship and professional relationship in this poignant essay.

Black Adam

Black Adam: Another Muddling Superhero Mess

The verdict's in: Welcome To The Jungle is still The Rock's best movie.

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The Square: Told Through the Lens of the Revolutionaries

A Rabbit's Foot interviews the documentary makers of The Square - and look at the troubled Egyptian history they became embroiled in.

Nicolas Saada on François Truffaut

The writer-director reflects on his life-long love for the French New Wave master.

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Jean Renoir and La Règle du jeu: a Legendary Filmmaker, a Film with a Legend

King’s College professor and film academic Ginette Vincendeau on the life and times of Jean Renoir.

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A Journey of Doubt: Edward Berger on All Quiet on the Western Front

Director Edward Berger talks making his Best Picture nominated anti-war masterpiece.

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Easy Rider and the Counterculture

The Guardian’s film critic explores how Easy Rider became the movie of the sixties counterculture.

Clint Eastwood Music In-depth

Ennio Morricone: A Reluctant Genius

Ennio Morricone made some of the most memorable scores in film history, but his relationship to his art could be complicated, writes Jason Solomons.

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Glenda Jackson: The Double Academy Award Winning Politician

The story of how Glenda Jackson went from a lauded actress, to an influential politician...and back again.

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson on les temps perdu

What makes Wes Anderson tick? In the following discussion, the auteur describes where he finds inspiration between cinema and his dreams.

Next Generation: Anamaria Vartolomei’s Time Is Now

Anamaria Vartolomei talks with Chris Cotonou about working with Audrey Diwan, the timely themes of the film and her approach to finding sanctuary

“I usually get it on the first take”: An interview with Isabelle Huppert

Although she’s admirably calm on the outside and her voice is poised and composed, Isabelle Huppert’s inner clock is ticking. She’s a woman who simply doesn’t have enough time...

Interview: Juliette Binoche, A Portrait of a Lady on Film

A rare interview with one of the Queens of French cinema.

Claire Denis

Interview: Claire Denis is Amazing

With her latest film in competition for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, we sat with the auteur to discuss how film gives her life meaning.

The Rise of Makita Samba

Makita Samba is part of the ensemble of young actors taking the lead in Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District.

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani in Confession

In this intimate discussion, the inimitable Isabelle Adjani discusses her career, life, and the strength of women in cinema.

Lawrence Bender on Cannes with Quentin Tarantino

Producer Lawrence Bender reflects on a career visiting Cannes with Tarantino, in this series of anecdotes.

Audrey Diwan on the gaze

"On me parle beaucoup de mon regard ces derniers temps." The director of L’Événement shares an essay on the pitfalls of categorisation in art and film.

Coffee with Sir Christopher Hampton and Elsa Zylberstein

The following discussion took place between the actress Elsa Zylberstein and the Oscar-winning writer-director Sir Christopher Hampton. Over strong coffee, sitting in Sir Christopher’s colourful West London office, he intimately opened up about his life in theatre and cinema, and the uncompromising power of words.

Mrs Justice: The Emergence of Lyna Khoudri

Rising star Lyna Khoudri on her upcoming work in Novembre, and the importance of her parents in becoming an actor.

Luisa Ranieri

The Neapolitan Soul of Luisa Ranieri

Hand of God star Luisa Ranieri talks with Luke Georgiades about what it means to be Neapolitan soul.

In The Driving Seat with Riccardo Scamarcio

Chris Cotonou chats with renowned actor and Italy's resident sex symbol Riccardo Scamarcio.

Adventures With Al Ruddy

ARF Editor-In-Chief Charles Finch has an affectionate conversation with his friend, mentor, and iconic film producer Al Ruddy...

Emma Seligman

Emma Seligman: Started from the Bottoms

After kicking the door down with her breakthrough indie-comedy Shiva Baby, director Emma Seligman is back with a bigger budget and bigger ambitions.

Toni Servillo

Toni Servillo on the Teatro

The great Sorrentino collaborator takes a deep dive into his love for the theatre...

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Penelope Cruz: In Conversation

Jason Solomons talks to Penelope Cruz about her iconic career, her love for Italian cinema, and new film L'immensita

Carolina Cavalli

An Unexpected Defence of Rosso Malpelo

Writer-director Carolina Cavalli makes her case in the defence of Italian folk-hero Rosso Malpelo...

Carlotta Antonelli

The New Roman: Carlotta Antonelli

Carlotta Antonelli is hard to miss. The Roman-born actress, who has been hotly-tipped after roles in Suburra and Bangla, as well as the recent Bang Bang, speaks with us about her morning coffee, gritty characters, and her hometown.  On Freedom. I find freedom in a performance when I am unsure what is happening; when I… Continue reading Landing Page – Film

D'Innocenzo's Brothers

Masks, Masculinity, and the D’Innocenzos

Luke Georgiades talks to the filmmaker twin that are blazing a trail past their contemporaries

An Hour With Valeria Golino

ARF Editor-In-Chief Charles Finch engages in open conversation with actress, filmmaker and personal friend of his, Valeria Golino

Monica Belluci Interview

Summer With Monica

She's done it all: art-house film, Hollywood cinema, and now the theatre. But Monica Bellucci's greatest adventure is being a mother. She opens up to Chris Cotonou about the power of children, the virtues of doing nothing, and entering her icon era.

Venice, Italy. 11th Sep, 2021. Director Paolo Sorrentino and Filippo Scotti pose with the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor for "The Hand Of God" at the awards winner photocall during the 78th Venice

Paolo Sorrentino: “Knowing Too Much About Yourself Can Be Dangerous”

Malcom Pagani speaks to Italy’s most celebrated contemporary filmmaker, Paolo Sorrentino.

So Yun Um Interview

Ground Zero: Dreams of A Liquor Store Baby

For ARF, Luke Georgiades speaks to filmmaker So Yun Um about her Liquor Store Dreams journey, her relationship with her father, filming tough conversations, and the international boom of Korean culture.

Lily Amirpour

Film and Politics with Lily Amirpour: “The system is the great antagonist of each story.”

Lily Amirpour speaks out during a moment of political crisis - discussing Iran, world building, and Sufi mysticism

London Korean Film Festival 17th Edition

Darcy Paquet on translating Parasite for Bong Joon-ho

The English translator of Parasite discusses language barriers and Korean cinema.

Abel Ferrarra

“Jesus for the Hardcore”: Abel Ferrara talks Padre Pio

The famously no-bullshit New York filmmaker Abel Ferrara takes a spiritual turn in his recent conversation with ARF...

Raùl Castillo

Raúl Castillo: The New Masculinity

The star of A24 drama 'The Inspection' talks to ARF about subverting masculinity on-screen, his childlike approach to acting, and a potential shift to directing.

Lars Von Trier behind the scenes of The Kingdom Exodus

Lars von Trier’s Bizarre Kingdom (Finally) Cometh

The Danish filmmaker talks bringing his nightmarish hospital trilogy to an end, twenty-five years after the last instalment.

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Oliver Stone: “I don’t love dictators any more than you do. I don’t like bullies. I hate them.”

Journalist Seumas Milne interviews legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone.

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Will Sharpe: multi-hyphenate actor-director on surrendering to mystery in The White Lotus 

Will Sharpe opens up about his experience with White Lotus, past career and future ambitions.

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Sir Don McCullin: “I’ve seen the anatomy of humanity spilled out on roadways.”

An icon of British photography, Don McCullin opens up about the trauma of conflict and the need for art.

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Ken Loach: “I don’t agree you need a political cause to make a movie.”

An icon of British film, Ken Loach discusses his activism in cinema and capturing inner humanity.

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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Rebel With A Cause

Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy talks directing Ms. Marvel, Partition on film, and her favourite films of the 2023 awards season with A Rabbit's Foot's Fatima Khan.

Tahar Rahim, In His Own Words

France’s most versatile actor talks choosing his range of characters, working with directors from around the world, and the value of representation and faith.

Alice Diop

Saint Omer: Alice Diop Wants to Know What You See

The French filmmaker talks the making of one of the most acclaimed and essential films of 2022.

Joyland

“We Decided to Fight Back”: Saim Sadiq on Screening Joyland in Pakistan

Saim Sadiq's thought-provoking debut was banned in Pakistan, until the filmmaker decided enough was enough.

Amma Asante

Amma Asante’s World

Amma Asante talks her vision for a James Bond movie, working with Mads Mikkelsen, and bringing hope to the big screen.

John Trengove

John Trengove’s Manodrome takes aim at the Incel Phenomenon

Trengove's new film follows the radicalisation of a troubled man into a cult-like group of incels.

Rosalind Eleazar

Rosalind Eleazar: “There’s something true about theatre.” 

In a free-wheeling interview, award-winning actor Rosalind Eleazar discusses Slow Horse, the magic of theatre and a certain experience with Matthew Broderick...

Dominik Moll

The Night of the 12th: Dominik Moll’s thriller gives murder a new edge

The César award-winning director explores gender preconceptions in his twisty new police procedural.

John Pawson

John Pawson: “Stillness has a spiritual dimension.”

The iconic minimalist architect John Pawson discusses his lessons from Japan, his appreciation for stillness, and his love for travel.

Gaspar Noé: “I believe there are other dimensions that we don’t know.”

The Enfant Terrible of French cinema discusses passion, death and happy endings.

Alex Cox

Alex Cox: “You can’t be an authentic punk and be in the establishment.”

Punk director Alex Cox breaks his silence with a rare interview on his love for Western films and the making Sid and Nancy.

The Double Lives of Isabel Sandoval

The Lingua Franca director talks filmmaking as an act of self-therapy, her love affair with the auteurs of the past, and the radicalism of cinematic sensuality.

Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield: “A documentary…is a voyage into the unknown.”

The award-winning documentarian discusses the importance of truth and the women who've changed his life in this free-wheeling interview.

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant: “Even when I was young, I never thought of myself as attractive.”

A legend of French cinema, Fanny Ardant describes her love of 'secret liaisons', beauty—and the state of film today.

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Every Frame A Photo: Sir Roger Deakins Talks Byways

The greatest cinematographer of all time discusses his approach to filmmaking and photography.

Marion Cotillard: “If we want the world to be better, we must start by looking at ourselves with love.”

In this candid profile, the journalist Richard Gianorio, Marion Cotillard’s friend, explores the enigma of France’s most compelling star.

Francesca Scorsese is ready for her close-up

The young Scorsese discusses her debut short film, what she's learnt from her father, and how her—and her generation—are finding a new voice.

Werner Herzog’s Fitcarraldo and the journey into darkness

Peter Bradshaw pens an appreciation of Werner Herzog's colossal masterpiece.

Clara Cullen

Clara Cullen In Conversation

Argentinian director Clara Cullen talks her signature cinematography style, studying with Werner Herzog, and her debut feature Manuela with guest writer Hannah Ghorashi.

Wim Wenders: The Road Back

The iconic director discusses his sprawling filmography alongside exclusive images from his films and personal photography collection.

Leslie Iwerks

Leslie Iwerks Talks 100 Years of Warner Bros.

Academy Award nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks talks directing the sweeping documentary that celebrates a century of Warner Brothers.

Shea Whigham

Shea Whigham Is At the Top of His Game

The acclaimed character actor talks appearing in Across the Spider-Verse, his love for Don Corleone, and chasing Tom Cruise across the world in Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1.

Paul Sng: “It’s always good to have a mystery that you don’t solve”

Paul Sng talks to A RABBIT'S FOOT about his documentary exploring the life of Tish Murtha, a photographer from South Shields with an unwavering political committment to depicting life in the North East of England.

Molly Manning Walker: A New Direction

The up and coming filmmaker talks to Chris Cotonou alongside an exclusive photoshoot with her football team Babes FC.

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Alicia Vikander: Roots, Rhythm and Process

The actress talks to Editor-in-Chief Charles Finch about her creative journey.

“Making Sport White”: Paul Schrader on Taxi Driver

The writer-director revisits his classic screenplay Taxi Driver.

Producer Alex Saks on It Ends With Us: “We don’t make a ton of movies anymore that elicit emotions like this.”