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With the filmmaker's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set to drop this week, surely this is the best time to argue over which of the previous entries in Quentin Tarantino's filmography can be held up as...

Every summer we like to glance back at the first half of the year and ask that all-important question: which specific moments in film did you love, regardless of the quality of the film itself? Because it's...

Yesterday, which opens in the UK this week, imagines a world where Sergeant Pepper, Eleanor Rigby, and a yellow submarine live only in the mind of Jack Malik – a street musician whose life changes when he is...

As the "will they, won't they?" saga of the X-Men's migration into the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues following Disney's takeover of Fox, the mutant franchise returns for what could be the final go-around...

After beginning life as a 13-minute short film, Thunder Road arrives in UK cinemas this week. The original depiction of a police officer awkwardly yet poignantly mourning his recently deceased mother through...

It's been a long old road to reach the Endgame. 21 films, a crowd of super-powered, wise-cracking heroes, and the biggest box office phenomenon of the 21st century all come to a (sort of) end when Endgame hits...

Given Stephen King’s relentless success as an author, it seems only natural that gripping adaptations of his work should match this success on screen. Over 50 of King’s novels and short stories have been...

For some, the thought of being trapped in a small room with a limited time to solve puzzles and escape is sheer nightmare fuel. Maybe your boss thinks such activities are the perfect team-building exercises....

With the upcoming releases of both Stan & Ollie and Beautiful Boy, starring funnymen Steves Coogan and Carell respectively, it felt as good a time as any to shine the light on a selection of other...

Phantom Thread eludes being pinned down, with beguiling mastery. From the word go, you are never quite sure where it is heading, or exactly what sort of film you are watching, but – much like leading lady...

Even nearly 12 months after its initial UK release, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has lost none of its magic. The film not only captured the hearts of critics, but also of cinemagoers worldwide,...

What really separated You Were Never Really Here from other thrillers in 2018 – more so, even, than its impressionistic style and sparse dialogue – was its complete lack of hero. Lynne Ramsay’s fourth...

There’s a line in a song I think about a lot. I think it might be true. You can change your clothes/ Change your hairstyle, your friends, cities, continents/ But sooner or later your own self will always...

After a somewhat turbulent development period, culminating in Paramount Pictures deeming it too much of a box-office risk for real cinemas outside of North America, the dizzingly cerebral Annihilation finally...

CUT TO: Int. a nondescript seminar room in a middling-to-good university. The class: Screenwriting 101. The lesson: Show, don’t tell. It’s the simple but powerful lesson that all new writers are...