Movies
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Other lives: Professor of film and television in London and New York who had an encyclopedic knowledge of European cinema
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The Oscar-winning documentarian discusses his latest film about LSD and a subject who Nixon called ‘the most dangerous man in America’
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Craft: Legacy – woke witchcraft sequel is smart but messy
3 out of 5 stars.A long-awaited follow-up to the much-loved 1996 teen horror offers some interesting ideas but, with a brisk runtime, feels overstuffed -
2 out of 5 stars.
Spell – hokey hoodoo horror missing a bit of magic
2 out of 5 stars.A man is kept captive by a sinister elderly couple in a slick piece of schlock that recalls far better and scarier movies -
4 out of 5 stars.
His House – effective haunted house horror with timely spin
4 out of 5 stars.A Sudanese couple seek asylum in the UK but find something evil lurking in an accomplished debut from writer-director Remi Weekes
Video & audio
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back over the history of Vodou and its portrayal in popular culture to find out how it came to be so vilified
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When Grace Shutti was growing up, black culture was synonymous with African Americans. Now, Africans have become a leading voice in black culture, but how did this come about?
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Historians estimate that one in four cowboys were African American, though you’d never guess because the conventional Hollywood image of a cowboy is a white man
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses why audiences expect bad things to happen to black characters and explores how a new generation of black creators are using horror to subvert the negative tropes
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The pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor said in a message posted on Instagram that he, his wife and their two young children had 'a rough go' after testing positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks
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From the archives: Skip Lievsay has created audioscapes for Martin Scorsese and is the only sound man the Coen brothers go to
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It tangled Spider-Man and dethroned The Crown – but keeps Bond alive. How will Fantastic Beasts cope without Johnny Depp?
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From a gun-toting momma in her latest film to a style-obsessed 1950s cleaning lady, Lesley Manville is going from strength to strength. But whatever you do, don’t say she’s a late-bloomer
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The film-maker on his new documentary about the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and Johnny Depp’s role in it
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The Londoner has spent years slogging away in hardman movies, but his latest film is a darkly funny exploration of masculinity. He discusses branching out – and the film’s unsimulated sex
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He is the king of the Hollywood underground. So why has he made a mini-series for Gucci? The film-maker talks about life in isolation, his gay president project and the big screen’s demise
Regulars
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Possessor review – mind-and-body-snatching thrills from Brandon Cronenberg
4 out of 5 stars.The director shows his father’s flair for visceral cinema in this gleefully gory thriller
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