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Where to begin with John Sayles
On his 70th birthday, we pick a beginner’s path through the work of a true maverick: the guiding light of American indie cinema, John Sayles.
By Matthew Thrift
What to watch at LFF: Notturno, a vast Middle Eastern canvas from one of the world’s great documentary-makers
By Adrian Wootton
Notes from the cinematographer: Léonce-Henry Burel on working with Robert Bresson
By Tom Milne
La dolce vita: Unlocking the images in Fellini’s visual feast
By Leigh Singer
What to watch at LFF: Mads Mikkelsen drinks and dances in Another Round
By Sarah Lutton
Erich Von Stroheim in London
By Karel Reisz
Where to begin with Kiyoshi Kurosawa
By Sonali Joshi
Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020: keeping film alive against all odds
By Philip Concannon
What to watch at LFF: New extreme cinema
By Paul Ridd
Why do we treat serial killers’ gay victims as dramatically disposable?
By Alex Davidson
The punks that took on prejudice: White Riot and the 1970s Rock Against Racism movement
By Stephanie Phillips
What to watch at LFF: How 3 pioneering Australian sisters made a silent gem
By Bryony Dixon
Maborosi at 25: The enigmatic calm of Hirokazu Koreeda’s debut
By Serena Scateni
“We gave them too much power”: how Rocks became a gem by giving its young cast license to shine
By Simran Hans
What to watch at LFF: How Shadow Country sounds a warning from history
By Peter Hames
The Painted Bird and the cinema of Eastern Europe’s WWII bloodlands
By Michael Brooke
What to watch at LFF: Never Gonna Snow Again, Malgorzata Szumowska’s enigmatic social satire
By Geoff Andrew
The sound and the fury: rap, reggae and resistance in La Haine
By Steph Green
Kenneth Tynan on Greta Garbo: “The ecstasy of existing”
By Kenneth Tynan
How La Haine redefined rebellion on screen
By Kaleem Aftab
Clint’s best shot: White Hunter Black Heart and Eastwood’s biggest performance
By Brogan Morris
Inclusive utopias – old and new visions of disability on screen
By Graham Findlay
70 years of Rashomon – A new look at Akira Kurosawa’s cinematic milestone of post-truth
By Jasper Sharp