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Alex Garland explores social breakdown and internecine strife across the US in this explosive blockbuster.
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Pat Collins on his John McGahern adaptation That They May Face the Rising Sun
Irish filmmaker Pat Collins tells us about his new rural drama set in a lakeside hamlet, an adaptation of the final novel by acclaimed author John McGahern.
By Georgia Korossi
BFI Southbank Studio to be renamed NFT4
BFI Southbank Studio to be renamed NFT4Challengers: Luca Guadagnino summons the potent yearning of his finest work with a hot and heavy tennis drama
By Beatrice Loayza
“I have never felt accepted as a director”: Lindsay Anderson interviewed in 1989
By Gerald Pratley
10 great films about stunt people
By Gayle Sequeira
The roots of neorealism
By Pasquale Iannone
Support your local police movie
By Philip French
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BFI Flare programmer Wema Mumma and award-winning asexual activist Yasmin Benoit discuss the history of asexual and aromantic characters in film and TV.
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