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“Fiction is always a documentary of the actors”: Sebastián Lelio on Disobedience
In tribute to Sebastián Lelio (1974-2026), we republish an interview with the Chilean filmmaker on 2017’s Disobedience, his north-west London-set drama of forbidden love.
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Dead Souls: Alex Cox twists Gogol’s classic into a peppery spaghetti western
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Godzilla Minus Zero: a thrilling mega-monster romp
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At Night: an oneiric after-hours journey through Paris from artist Beatrice Gibson
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“Fiction is always a documentary of the actors”: Sebastián Lelio on Disobedience
In tribute to Sebastián Lelio (1974-2026), we republish an interview with the Chilean filmmaker on 2017’s Disobedience, his north-west London-set drama of forbidden love.
By Nick James
“An alien vision of an alien world”: Rocky reviewed in 1977
By Tom Milne
Kiss kiss bang bang: Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet
By José Arroyo
Portrait of a lady: Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette
By Pam Cook
Whose side are you on?: Harlan County U.S.A. reviewed in 1978
By Tim Pulleine
“You can show a range of emotion that you don’t usually get in the cinema”: Derek Jarman on Edward II
By Michael O'Pray
“My one political film”: Ken Russell on The Devils
By Ken Russell
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