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Disney’s live-action Lilo and Stitch remake and Tom Cruise’s supposedly final Mission: Impossible outing have opened as two of the biggest films of the year in a record-breaking weekend at the box office. Source: Lilo and Stitch beat Tom Cruise’s … Continued
If big names can get films telling fascinating queer stories green-lit, does their own sexuality really matter? In this extract from his new book, Ryan Gilbey takes a fresh look at the ‘queerbaiting’ conundrum. Source: ‘People raised hell’: why shouldn’t … Continued
In a landmark moment for the film industry, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has elected Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS, as its new president—the first woman to hold this role in the organization’s 105-year history. The announcement has reverberated far … Continued
The 1995 best picture winner is less interested in historical fact and more in rousing fantasy and makes for a telling portrait of its troubled maker. Source: Braveheart at 30: Mel Gibson’s gory, hokey Oscar winner plays like a biblical … Continued
The German-French documentarian, who fled the Nazis twice as a child, spent his career exploring wartime atrocities and conflicts around the world. Source: Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning film-maker of The Sorrow and the Pity, dies aged 97 | Film | The … Continued
The Criterion Closet has become a significant piece of social media content produced by the globally known Blu-ray label, The Criterion Collection. Film lovers yearn for a chance to stand in that space, surrounded by the movies that ooze pure … Continued