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The Princess Bride is one of those cult classic films with an extremely dedicated following of fans. If this was ever in any doubt, the events of the last week has straightened that out as the internet (especially Twitter) mounted a united…

Rian Johnson’s new “whodunnit like like no one has ever dunnit” Knives Out has just had a new trailer drop after its overwhelmingly positive reception at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). This murder mystery sees the…

An "anti-hate satire" about a ten-year-old boy whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler has just won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, firmly establishing its front-runner position in the Oscars race. Second place went…

Almost forty years since Stanley Kubrick’s iconic adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, The Shining, comes Danny Torrance’s chilling return to the Overlook Hotel. Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep trailer has been released, starring Ewan McGregor…

Todd Phillips' contribution to the DC canon, Joker, has just scooped the top award at the Venice Film Festival, beating out tough competition from the likes of Ad Astra and Marriage Story. Having been praised by critics for transgressing…

Pedro Almodóvar is a master of character. Of taking a single figure and dissecting them on screen. We see mothers mourning their sons, a kidnap victim and her relationship with the plastic surgeon keeping her captive. When he places focus…

Twenty years have passed since the idiosyncratic master of the moving picture, Stanley Kubrick, passed away shortly before the release of his final feature Eyes Wide Shut. In celebration of his back catalogue, London's Design Museum has…

It saddens me a little at how late I joined the party when discovering Agnès Varda’s work. It was only in the last couple of years that the enigmatic director, with her signature half-dyed bob haircut, was dropped in my lap countless times…

As the end of a generation-defining saga that has spanned over 40 years draws to its conclusion, fans have been eagerly awaiting new footage of the 9th entry in the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, set for release in…

Sporting some seriously striking visuals along with some equally striking haircuts, the first trailer for David Michôd’s The King has dropped and sees Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet taking on a Shakespearian tour de force as Henry…

After a dismally un-diverse announcement from the Venice Film Festival, the BFI has flexed its programming muscles to bring us a London Film Festival line-up announcement that's both diverse and exciting, packed with hotly-anticipated…

Good Boys taking the box office lead as the biggest original comedy of the year, admittedly, feels a little frustrating. The female-led and infinitely more accomplished debut from Olivia Wilde, Booksmart, was right there, and even Seth…

Following on from his existing predilection for long running times, Martin Scorsese's next film will be - brace yourselves - three and a half hours long. That's longer than both Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and The Godfather: Part…

Six years after its perfect-blue finale and four years since the inception of prequel series Better Call Saul, we are once again about to delve headfirst into the world of Breaking Bad, with sequel movie El Camino hitting Netflix in…

Having recently moved back home after graduating from University, the themes articulated in Mike Nichols’ 1967 sophomore feature The Graduate are beginning to seem horrendously pertinent. Not in a…