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On his 82nd birthday, the first of a new series celebrating actors at the peak of their powers looks at Michael Palin’s turn as pig-stealing chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers in A Private Function.
Twenty years on from its theatrical release, Bullet Boy possesses a contemporary relevance far beyond its tale of Black youths and gun crime, says Dr Clive Nwonka.
As the award-winning A Samurai in Time comes to Blu-ray and digital, we explore highlights of Japanese cinema’s many inspired leaps and loops across time.
Florence Pugh leads a messy squad of ‘superhero’ misfits as Black Widow’s sister Yelena Belova in a comic book movie that prioritises its characters over spectacle.
In the latest awards, more than £448,000 is awarded in international distribution funds.
On what would have been her 96th birthday on 4 May, we retrace Audrey Hepburn's steps in the movie that made her a superstar: William Wyler’s Oscar-winning romance Roman Holiday.
Fifty years after glamrock band Slade surprised everyone with the grittiness of their big-screen fable about the music industry, we spoke to singer Noddy Holder, actor Tom Conti and director Richard ...
Nothing quite coheres in Paolo Sorrentino’s story of a young Neapolitan desired by all around her, but the glorious images make it worthwhile – just about.
Zhao Tao embodies modern alienation as Qiao Qiao, an enigmatic figure drifting through time and space in contemporary China.
Mai Zetterling’s directorial work is incredibly varied, including visceral documentaries, visually stunning features and surreal children’s films. From writing to editing, she engaged with the entire ...
Described as ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’ by critic Mark Kermode, Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was released in 1975, at the height of the legendary ...