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Ayo Edebiri drops out of Marvel film, rescuing cinema and saving us all

The official reason is ‘scheduling conflicts’, but let's be real: she’s just too cool for that kind of thing now

Film & TV

Jan 30, 2024

James Greig
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Four Chambers selects: 9 art horror classics to watch now

Vex Ashley, from creative porn studio Four Chambers, selects the nine films that inspired her latest release Rites Of Spring – from Andrzej Żuławsk’s monstrous classic Possession, to Carolee Schneemann’s sex-fuelled Meat Joy

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Jan 19, 2024

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Dominic Sessa: ‘Adrenaline and ignorance get me through life’

After securing a BAFTA nomination and a Critics’ Choice award for his breakout role in The Holdovers, the 21-year-old actor has become the internet’s latest obsession

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Jan 18, 2024

Dominique Sisley
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Mean Girls and the problem with lazy diversification

Diversity was a top priority for the 2024 movie-musical adaptation of Mean Girls, but how effective is representation politics when marginalised characters are consistently mistreated or underdeveloped on the big screen?

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Jan 16, 2024

Halima Jibril
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Ben Whishaw to star in Ira Sachs’ new biopic of photographer Peter Hujar

The Passages director and star reunite to film the story of the acclaimed New York photographer

Art & Photography

Jan 11, 2024

Emily Dinsdale
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Is it time to let Amy Winehouse rest in peace?

Sam Taylor-Johnson will direct an upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic – but with two existing documentaries and talks of a hologram tour and musical, there is a very real danger of capitalising off the singer and her suffering

Music

Jan 11, 2024

Serena Smith
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Why are the Safdie brothers breaking up?

The filmmaking duo – best known for directing Uncut Gems and Good Time – are going separate ways

Film & TV

Jan 05, 2024

James Greig
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The Saltburn TikTok trend shows how meaningless the film really is

Rich people are dancing through their mansions to ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’, and many are saying they’ve ‘missed the point’ of the film – but does this point even exist?

Film & TV

Jan 04, 2024

Elliot Hoste
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Raging Grace: a ‘coming-of-rage’ film inspired by anti-Asian racism

We speak to Paris Zarcilla about his gothic debut feature which lays bare the true horror of Britain’s immigration system

Film & TV

Dec 27, 2023

Nick Chen
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The Lost Boys: a queer love story set inside a juvenile detention centre

We speak to Belgian filmmaker Zeno Graton about his debut feature film, ‘a real romantic drama’ which follows two young offenders

Film & TV

Dec 18, 2023

Nick Chen
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The 10 best films of 2023

From Molly Manning Walker’s powerful debut How To Have Sex, to Ari Aster’s creepy A24 feature Beau Is Afraid

Film & TV

Dec 14, 2023

Nick Chen
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The best East Asian films of 2023

From Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s long-awaited Evil Does Not Exist, to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘absolute masterpiece’ Monster

Film & TV

Dec 12, 2023

James Balmont
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Get tickets for an extra special preview of Sofia Coppola's Priscilla

Ahead of the much-anticipated film’s official release date, Dazed x MUBI Cinema Club is hosting an exclusive screening at the Cinema at Selfridges

Film & TV

Dec 05, 2023

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Christmas films: the best, worst and most aggressively OK movies of 2023

From Dashing Through the Snow to It’s a Wonderful Knife, we watched every straight-to-streaming festive film released this year so you don’t have to

Film & TV

Dec 05, 2023

James Greig
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Savanah Leaf’s A24 debut spotlights the realities of Black motherhood

Ahead of the release of Earth Mama, the Olympian-turned-director speaks to Dazed about the US foster care system and the unrelenting surveillance of Black mothers

Film & TV

Dec 04, 2023

Cici Peng