By Daniel Allen
Half a century on, George Lucas's seminal teen movie casts a long shadow across both the coming-of-age genre and filmmaker autofiction.
By Sarah Cleary
20 years on, her performance as an uptight businesswoman trapped in the body of her teenage daughter is still among the best Disney has to offer.
In Leonor Teles's enigmatic second feature, spatial experimentation becomes geographic gap-bridging material.
By Anton Bitel
Buster Keaton, time travel and an unlikely romance are among the gems to take home on Blu-ray and DVD this month.
As Variety returns with a 2K restoration, Bette Gordon reflects on the making of a cult classic, her love for ‘80s New York and her friendship with Nan Goldin.
Ena Sendijarević hits the sweet spot with this offbeat, surreal period piece set on a remote Indonesian island.
Dimitra Vlagopoulou gives a knockout performance in Sofia Exarchou's resort-set second feature about a group of seasonal performers.
The French filmmaker on the nuances of recreating a real-life terrorist attack in her reflective new film, Paris Memories.
By Callie Petch
One of cinema's leading hard men, the former model and Commonwealth diver has carved out a dependable – and at times greatly entertaining – niche.
A writer reflects on how watching Greta Gerwig's Little Women led to a life-changing revelation, and the comfort found in her cinema of girlhood.
By Lee Penfold
This subgenre of British film makes use of the many coastal beach towns around the UK – but often contrasts holidays and relaxing with characters experiencing some sort of crisis.
Social media has been fascinated by reports of a strange CGI addition in Oppenheimer for certain conservative countries – our writer reports on the reality of Barbenheimer in a country where cinema is subject to heavy government scrutiny.
As tensions mount between the WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the ATFP, it's worth looking to past examples for proof that Tinseltown's unions have changed the industry for the better.
By Sarah Cleary
Metal is often given short shrift at the movies, but a handful of great auteurs have used the genre and its subculture to brilliant effect.
A star so stylish she had an Hermès bag named after her, Jane Birkin's effortless on and off-screen elegance has never been matched.
By Kitty Grady
A world away from the glitz and glamour of Cannes, another French coastal city aims to build a more inclusive and challenging vision of a film festival.
By Lucy Carter
As chefs Carmy and Syd grapple with the weight of their own expectations and ambition, their friends struggle to find a vocation at all. This candid approach to the difficulty of finding a purpose feels quietly refreshing in pop culture.
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