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Resident Evil: Zach Cregger’s thrilling reboot pares things back to the essentials of survival horror

The horror auteur has put his own satisfying spin on the Resident Evil movies by largely jettisoning franchise lore for a standalone zombie thriller that captures the maddening experience of playing the games.

By Matthew Taylor

Resident Evil: Zach Cregger’s thrilling reboot pares things back to the essentials of survival horror

Festivals

Salvation: well-crafted debut offers a glimpse into the manosphere

By Adam Nayman

Salvation: well-crafted debut offers a glimpse into the manosphere

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The Julia Set: Chase Infiniti levels up a college romance coming-of-ager

By Adam Nayman

The Julia Set: Chase Infiniti levels up a college romance coming-of-ager

Reviews

Remake: A heartbreaking exploration of the slippage between documentary and fiction

By Imogen Sara Smith

Remake: A heartbreaking exploration of the slippage between documentary and fiction

Reviews

Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?: Documentary charts the thrilling story of Pulp, with a few forgivable omissions

By Sam Davies

Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?: Documentary charts the thrilling story of Pulp, with a few forgivable omissions

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Woman Unknown: May el-Toukhy’s elegant postwar drama has little beneath its surface tension

By Jessica Kiang

Woman Unknown: May el-Toukhy’s elegant postwar drama has little beneath its surface tension

Interviews

“I realised any attempt to replicate is going to be a failure”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

By Hope Rangaswami

“I realised any attempt to replicate is going to be a failure”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

Interviews

Desert of the disappeared: Patricio Guzmán on Nostalgia for the Light

By Chris Darke

Desert of the disappeared: Patricio Guzmán on Nostalgia for the Light

Interviews

“I never made a movie to just go make a movie, it was always an exploration of filmmaking”: our world exclusive interview with Tom Cruise

By Isabel Stevens

“I never made a movie to just go make a movie, it was always an exploration of filmmaking”: our world exclusive interview with Tom Cruise

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Primetime: Robert Pattinson gives a devilish performance as a ‘paedophile-hunting’ TV presenter

By John Bleasdale

Primetime: Robert Pattinson gives a devilish performance as a ‘paedophile-hunting’ TV presenter

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Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors: Lav Diaz explores the horrors inflicted upon the Philippine islands in a smart historical epic

By Travis Jeppesen

Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors: Lav Diaz explores the horrors inflicted upon the Philippine islands in a smart historical epic

Interviews

All about my mother: Annouchka de Andrade on Sarah Maldoror

By Annouchka de Andrade

All about my mother: Annouchka de Andrade on Sarah Maldoror

From the Sight and Sound archive

The making of a super-producer: Jeremy Thomas interviewed in 2014

By Nick James

The making of a super-producer: Jeremy Thomas interviewed in 2014

Features

Dancing at the revolution: the cinema of Sarah Maldoror

By Rachel Pronger

Dancing at the revolution: the cinema of Sarah Maldoror

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NAZA: Essential documentary from the co-directors of No Other Land lays bare the machinery of killing in Gaza

By Nicolas Rapold

NAZA: Essential documentary from the co-directors of No Other Land lays bare the machinery of killing in Gaza

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Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh deploys his trademark irreverence in a funny-sad 1970s spy caper

By Jessica Kiang

Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh deploys his trademark irreverence in a funny-sad 1970s spy caper

Reviews

Bad Apples: Saoirse Ronan is this black comedy’s secret weapon

By Kate Stables

Bad Apples: Saoirse Ronan is this black comedy’s secret weapon

From the Sight and Sound archive

The discreet murderer of the bourgeoisie: an interview with Claude Chabrol

By Rui Nogueira and Nicoletta Zalaffi

The discreet murderer of the bourgeoisie: an interview with Claude Chabrol

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Bucking Fastard: Herzog’s tale of two sisters who speak in unison is his best fiction feature in years

By Nicolas Rapold

Bucking Fastard: Herzog’s tale of two sisters who speak in unison is his best fiction feature in years

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Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: Fan-service rockumentary is very much the Gallagher brothers’ show

By John Bleasdale

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: Fan-service rockumentary is very much the Gallagher brothers’ show

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My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile: documentary sequel exposing Russian media censorship is every bit as gripping as its first instalment

By Carmen Gray

My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile: documentary sequel exposing Russian media censorship is every bit as gripping as its first instalment

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Possible Love: Lee Chang-Dong’s sober exploration of economic disparity is filled with quiet revelations

By Jonathan Romney

Possible Love: Lee Chang-Dong’s sober exploration of economic disparity is filled with quiet revelations

Reviews

Everybody Digs Bill Evans: a gentle sonata of loss

By Ehsan Khoshbakht

Everybody Digs Bill Evans: a gentle sonata of loss

Festivals

You Don’t Belong Here: Golden Leopard winner settles into hopelessness as if it was a woolly blanket

By John Bleasdale

You Don’t Belong Here: Golden Leopard winner settles into hopelessness as if it was a woolly blanket

From the Sight and Sound archive

“He is the blockbuster given human form”: J. Hoberman on Arnold Schwarzenegger

By J. Hoberman

“He is the blockbuster given human form”: J. Hoberman on Arnold Schwarzenegger

Reviews

Super Nature: Ed Sayers’ Super 8 documentary is a beautiful ode to nature’s restorative power

By Ben Nicholson

Super Nature: Ed Sayers’ Super 8 documentary is a beautiful ode to nature’s restorative power

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Late Fame: Kent Jones’s playful drama pokes gentle fun at New York literary circles old and new

By Jessica Kiang

Late Fame: Kent Jones’s playful drama pokes gentle fun at New York literary circles old and new

Reviews

Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts – Premorphic Drift: Louise Weard has created a new trans cinematic language

By Rachel Pronger

Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts – Premorphic Drift: Louise Weard has created a new trans cinematic language

Reviews

I Want Your Sex: Gregg Araki’s wild art-world satire unspools as an enjoyable kinky-sex detective yarn

By B. Ruby Rich

I Want Your Sex: Gregg Araki’s wild art-world satire unspools as an enjoyable kinky-sex detective yarn

Reviews

Nowhere to Lay My Eyes: Hong Sang-soo’s meditative family drama is familiar in all the right ways

By Josh Slater-Williams

Nowhere to Lay My Eyes: Hong Sang-soo’s meditative family drama is familiar in all the right ways