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For @SightSoundmag I spoke to Olena Honcharuk at Ukraine’s national film archive @dovzhenkocentre about their work during the war and how the archive tells a vital story of Ukraine’s cultural identity and its independence
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"FUCK YEAH!"
And the winner is… ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Anderson responds to winning the poll:
“Fuck yeah! It takes my breath away a bit, honestly. I remember reading Sight and Sound, as we all do, from when I was so young, and now to have a film that they called the best film of the year… it’s amazing. I can’t wait to see what it looks like in print. My first response was ‘Fuck yeah!’, and I stand by that!”
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I interviewed Tom Cruise!
Find all 7800 words of our two conversations in @SightSoundmag June issue - out this Thursday
We talked about Val Kilmer, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, working with Stanley Kubrick, his own adventures in directing and more ✨
“I never made a movie to just go make a movie. It was always an exploration of filmmaking”
World exclusive – @TomCruise talks @isstevens through his fascinating career in an in-depth interview. Only in the new Sight and Sound
Get your copy here: mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight…
Out for subscribers on Monday, on newsstands next week
25 writers each pick a film of the century plus me & others on Cannes and much more
Bit of a summer cracker really
21ST-CENTURY CINEMA SPECIAL
New writing on 25 of the most significant films of the century
+ archive interviews with Agnès Varda, David Lynch, Park Chan-wook
+ much more…
Out on Monday ✨
Get your copy: buff.ly/4chKhF6
Find out what’s inside: buff.ly/3yY8OAx
For a glimpse behind the scenes of comp jury duty at Cannes, do seek out @Hanifkureishi’s latest newsletter on judging 2009’s selection & how he wanted Audiard’s A Prophet to win:
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Amazing news that @BFI will be releasing the highlight of the Cannes competition for me - Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light - in the UK.
Now for the Palme… 🤞
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Along with Carmen Slijpen and @MichaelJLeader I've helped put on the first edition of a new kids film festival @LewesDepot this coming weekend.
Rascals Film Fest is dedicated to amazing & beautiful family films from all over the world.
Do come along!
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Happy hour ahoy…
Very chuffed to announce that our hot-off-the-press new issue of @sightsoundmag features Hamaguchi Ryûsuke on the cover for the first time!
On sale next week🦌
(Plus don't miss Evil Does Not Exist, out in UK cinemas tomorrow🌳)
The 50 best films premiered or released in 2023 according to 100+ contributors to @SightSoundmag
What a year... ✨
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The one vote wonders of @SightSoundmag 's Greatest Films poll now online: proof that lists can be a tool for discovery
Lots of great choices but was especially pleased that Terence Davies contributed💖bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/l…
Highlight of #LFF so far: Robot Dreams, a bittersweet ode to friendship (can’t believe I missed it in Cannes) that my 5 yr old & I equally enjoyed. Hope when it comes out here all screenings have a diy robot workshop 🤖
Would love to see a group exhibition focused on photographs about childhood
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"Nowadays it's unusual to see a film that's disturbing or intense. Generally what you've got is a diet of cold oatmeal, which leaves critics and cinema-goers starved of a real experience of cinema."
William Friedkin (RIP) talking to @KermodeMovie for @SightSoundmag
Was pleasantly surprised to discover that @SightSoundmag has always liked a bit of pink on the cover.
Latest issue on sale today 💖:
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Equally dazzling features inside: #Barbie dissected by Hannah McGill, @dominiclees on AI and acting, Natasha Lyonne on the impact of AI, @PamHutch on the actors' strike & film extras, plus pieces on Oppenheimer, David Meeker and Cormac McCarthy
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Had a blast @CineRedis this week talking polls & @SightSoundmag and intro-ing Jeanne Dielman & re-watching Virgin Suicides
Jealous of those who get to stay longer to sample this cracking & thoughtful programme
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Admired Barbie’s zaniness, full throttle pop energy, cine-literacy & handmade-ness but really how satirical and subversive can a film about a product be when it’s only a cog in the marketing circus to sell landfill-destined stuff.
Plus Ken steals the show.
Sussexians: Come to @LewesDepot tomorrow where I will be talking to Vinay Shukla about While We Watched, his excellent and sobering portrait of broadcast news & journalist Ravish Kumar’s battle to save its soul
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Question for parents/carers: are there any art exhibitions you have enjoyed taking young kids (under 10 or so) to? I’m particularly interested to hear about shows where the curation appeals & entices kids as well as the art…
Asking as I’m writing something on the subject. 🎨✍️
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One of my favourite features we've run in the last year @SightSoundmag: @sjwigley on early digital converts
Sam Wigley talks to the early adopters of digital cinema (David Lynch, Miranda July, Michael Mann) who delighted in experimenting with a medium that would reinvent the industry buff.ly/3VAZOrM
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