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Elephants in footage from documentary Of Animals and Men

Of Animals and Men review – the true story behind The Zookeeper’s Wife

The Price of Freedom documentary on the NRA and gun control directed by Judd Ehrlich

The Price of Freedom director Judd Ehrlich on debunking the NRA’s lies

Mads Mikkelsen stars in Danish dark action comedy Riders of Justice, directed by Anders Thomas Jensen

Riders of Justice review – Mads Mikkelsen goes berserk in dark, unhinged comedy

Inheritance director Annalise Lockhart

“A long time coming”: Inheritance director Annalise Lockhart talks new Afrofuturist film

LeBron James takes over from NBA star Michael Jordan in Space Jam: A New Legacy

Space Jam: A New Legacy review – a soulless sequel lacking magic or imagination

Nina Simone in archival footage in Ahmir Questlove Thompson's music documentary, Summer of Soul or when the revolution could not be televised

Summer of Soul review – or, when the revolution could finally be televised

legendary German actress Barbara Sukowa on Two of Us, lesbian drama Deux

Barbara Sukowa on the desexualisation of older women, and lesbian drama Two Of Us

The Sleepless Unrest: The Real Conjuring Home paranormal investigation documentary

The Sleepless Unrest review – is the Conjuring home really haunted?

Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa star as Madeleine and Nina in lesbian film Two of Us

Two of Us review – Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier are irresistible as ageing lesbian lovers

Film Reviews

Netflix animation starring Jimmy Wong in Wish Dragon

Wish Dragon review – Jackie Chan produces Shanghai-based riff on Aladdin

Beautiful animated adventure with a heart of gold.

Luca and Alberto in a cave

Luca review – Pixar’s heart-warming tale of a fish out of water

Latino cast of In The Heights musical

In The Heights review – a musical buzzing with joy and good-will

Salma Hayek as Sonia Kincaid in The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard review – Hayek is the best thing about this sequel

Naoki Higashida actor Jim Fujiwara in autism film The Reason I Jump

The Reason I Jump review – a proud reclamation of autism

Interviews

BTS, behind the scenes of 2020 film Black Bear, with Aubrey Plaza and director Lawrence Michael Levine

Lawrence Michael Levine on directing the mind-bending Black Bear

Sky Hopinka director of Malni

Sky Hopinka on Maɬni, Chinuk myths, and language’s role in forming identities

Sienna Beckman, co-founder of Emergence Films production company

Producer Sienna Beckman on supporting female-identifying and minority storytellers in film

The Drifters 2019 post-Brexit romantic drama starring Jonathan Ajayi and Lucie Bourdeu

Lucie Bourdeu on The Drifters and her ambitions behind the camera

the drifters 2019 film jonathan ajayi and lucie bourdeu

Jonathan Ajayi on starring in The Drifters, and working on Wonder Woman 1984

Deep Dive

Oscar-winning film Rain Man stars Dustin Hoffman as a man with autism, co-starring Tom Cruise

Hollywood Autism: the good, the bad, and the downright insulting

Mandabi 1968 criterion channel poster

Mandabi: a post-colonial critique and its present-day relevance

Graphic image rendering of Oma cinema pod viewing experience, screening Interstellar by Christopher Nolan

Ōma Cinema – the future of post-pandemic cinemagoing experience?

21st century according to science fiction, featuring johnny mnemonic, running man, akira, back to the future, 2001 a space odyssey, and blade runner

Days of Future Past: What science fiction cinema got right about the future

Keanu Reeves with silver goggles in 25th anniversary re-release of 1995 cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic, 1995’s cyberpunk prediction of 2021

Industry News

SXSW 2020 film The Surrogate gets UK trailer

Thought-provoking drama The Surrogate gets new trailer

the duke starring helen mirren and jim broadbent

The Duke starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent gets trailer

M Night Shyamalan Old

M. Night Shyamalan unveils trailer to newest film, Old

UK cinemas reopen May 17 what's on

Cinemas reopen! Our top picks on what to see

Ben Whishaw in British thriller Surge

Ben Whishaw stars in new Surge trailer