Nacho Libre Is Unironically a Comedy Masterpiece
Jared Hess’ forgotten homage is a bulletproof 2000s comedy - and a perfect soapbox for its erratic leading man, writes Adam Solomons
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Yes You Cannes: 5 Films Set at the Cannes Film Festival
With Cannes 2021 now underway, Ben Flanagan looks back at the festival's most memorable filmic appearances to date...
Best Films to Watch in London and Stream This Week
With UK cinemas back in full swing, we highlight the best of what's new, from a period romance to a 70s gem back on the big screen
Every Quentin Tarantino Film, Ranked
As the director's novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits bookshelves, Hannah Strong reflects on his oeuvre so far...
What Is the Best Scene in a Musical Film?
To mark the arrival of In the Heights in cinemas everywhere, our writers weigh in on their favourite musical numbers
A Film of One’s Own: Celebrating The Naked Civil Servant
John Hurt played Quentin Crisp in this subversive 1975 made-for-TV biopic. Steph Green argues its case as an underseen queer classic
No More “Before”: Have We Seen the Last of Jesse and Celine?
Julie Delpy's reveal that she turned down a fourth film in Richard Linklater's ongoing romantic series provokes very mixed feelings
Why I Changed My Mind About… The Royal Tenenbaums
Next in our series about films our writers have reconsidered, Emily Maskell on how grief changed her view of Wes Anderson's comedy
20 Unmissable Films Still to Come in 2021, Ranked by How Excited You Should Be
Beatles! Broadway! Beautiful boys! With seven months of the year still to go, Ella Kemp weighs up the biggest UK cinema releases...
Bitches of the Badlands: The Myth of the American West Through the Female Lens
With Nomadland and First Cow now in UK cinemas, Lilia Pavin-Franks explores how Chloé Zhao and Kelly Reichardt have rewritten the rules of Hollywood's most fabled genre
Every Wong Kar-Wai Film, Ranked
To mark the UK release of Criterion's beautiful new boxset, Iana Murray looks back on the Hong Kong filmmaker's dreamy canon...
The Trailer for Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho is Giallo Galore
The latest from the Baby Driver director stars Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy as two very different girls... or is that one girl?
Starter Pack: The Films of Robert Altman
As the BFI launches a season dedicated to the works of the American auteur, Ben Flanagan offers a route into his highly diverse canon...
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