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It’s easy to throw a film like Pain and Glory into all sorts of boxes – boxes marked ‘self-portrait’, ‘self-indulgent’ and ‘love letter to cinema’ – but that would be to cheapen a beguiling...

With Daniel Craig looking more likely than ever to return in the next Bond film, he needs a new director to join him. Rumours have been swirling that Christopher Nolan is in the frame, so we thought it would...

Everyone's got their favourite filmmakers: from Scorsese to Spielberg, Cuarón to the Coens and Wes Anderson to Paul Thomas Anderson - but which of these famous directors are you most like? Apropos of...

When George Lucas was on the hunt for someone to bring the much anticipated Return of the Jedi to life in the early 1980s, he thought of two young directors that were laying the foundations of their...

With the release of the fantastic Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night finally coming to the UK on May 22nd, it’s high time we took a look at ten of the best vampire films for you to sink...

Robert Altman’s name may well be familiar to many and yet he often remains something of a cipher to all but the most ardent film fans. Subversive, difficult, independent, prolific, genius; these are just a...

Unless you've recently been binge-watching all of the hot messes involved in Hollywood's Annual Grand Carnival of Self-Congratulation (aka the Oscars), subsequently rendering you incapable of seeing real...

Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Oscar-nominated Israeli animated documentary written and directed by Ari Folman. The film follows the director in his search to clarify to himself his role during the 1982 Lebanon...

Barbarella (1968) is campy '60s madness – hilariously dirty, adorably silly and oddly captivating. In the far future, humanity has moved past sex, war and jealousy and created a universal harmony of love -...

The Hunger Games hasn’t given birth to twins. Instead, it has stretched out the limbs of its concluding chapter to the point of cracking dislocation. The bite of the adaptation’s first instalments has...

The Secret of Kells is a 2009 Irish-French-Belgian animated film starring Brendan Gleeson, Evan McGuire and Christen Mooney, directed by first-time Irish director Tomm Moore, for which he received an Academy...

Continuing the recent trend of articles about Spike Jonze on One Room With A View, here's a Love Letter dedicated to Being John Malkovich and why it's a work of genius that should be adored by everyone....

Wes Ball recently joined us for a round table interview following the imminent release of his directorial debut, The Maze Runner, adapted from James Dashner's widely celebrated book series. How did...

Small Beginnings is a new feature focusing on the early days of feature film directors, most frequently their music videos and advertisements. Many directors who got their start in these fields still return to...

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, Richard Jenkins, DJ Squalls, Bruce Greenwood Director: Jon Amiel Writers: Cooper Layne, John Rogers Budget: $60 million Worldwide gross:...