Behind the booming voice and tabloid scandals, the most enduring performances by Burton – born 100 years ago – were studies in vulnerability.
The life of trailblazing LGBTQ+ American boxer Christy Martin has all the makings of a great movie, but Sydney Sweeney’s performance doesn’t capture Martin’s complexity, and the end result feels like ...
BFI-backed BDSM drama Pillion wins Best British Independent Film, A Want in Her is Best Feature Documentary, while Akinola Davies Jr wins Best Director.
Desire: The Carl Craig Story 2024/Switzerland Subscription exclusive An intimate portrait of legendary techno producer, DJ and record label creator Carl Craig and an ode to his beloved city, Detroit.
The conclusion to Jon M. Chu’s two-parter musical strips back the operatics of the first film to focus on the relationship between the two witches.
From Hollywood tearjerkers to Chinese tales of passion and loss, melodrama has shaped cinema across cultures. Our trip around the globe explores how filmmakers worldwide have embraced heightened ...
Including a major David Lynch retrospective, plus seasons celebrating the Nouvelle Vague filmmakers who inspired Richard Linklater, a look at Gurinder Chadha and Tina Gharavi’s personal archives, and ...
Originally intended as an adaptation of a book about the Zodiac Killer before being denied the rights, Charlie Shackleton’s impressive documentary instead explores the true crime film that never was.
In Steven Shainberg’s story of erotic submission starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, sex becomes a space for both play and liberation. From our June 2003 issue.
James Vanderbilt’s film Nuremberg shares many similarities with David W. Rintels’ equally starry 2000 docuseries of the same name. Both track the establishment, processes and arguments of the ...
This forgotten British melodrama from the 1940s, starring Margaret Lockwood, contains what one critic called “The most violent fight between women ever filmed.” ...
The time-travelling third feature from the BAFTA-winning director of Bait and Enys Men will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 24 April.