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Backrooms: how a creepypasta became the year’s most anticipated horror
20-year-old Kane Parsons has gone from posting lo-fi horror videos on YouTube to directing a film with A24.
Stremio and other apps let you stream for free – how do they work and are they legal?
Streaming apps like Stremio, Nuvio, Kodi and Plex continue to gain in popularity.
All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made
All The President's Men is an endlessly watchable and quotable film.
The Testaments: female friendship fuels resistance in this Handmaid’s Tale sequel
The Testaments, following at the heels of The Handmaid's Tale, has big shoes to fill.
Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?
Hollywood’s adoption of visual effects has had an outsized role in putting many animal actors out of work.
Why Australia’s Matchbox Pictures is being shut down
Matchbox was closed by its parent company, Universal International Studios, and the closure has resulted in the loss of 30…
Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times
The social and psychological forces Taxi Driver brought into focus have not disappeared.
Half a century of the ‘male gaze’: why Laura Mulvey’s pioneering theory still resonates today
Why Laura Mulvey's 'male gaze' theory still shapes film and media debates 50 years on.
The Long Walk proves Stephen King’s stories are perfect for the big screen
Discover why The Long Walk proves Stephen King's stories are made for the big screen.
Cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds – here's why
New, minute-long serials – or short dramas – are reshaping the way we consume screen entertainment.