Film
The world of cinematography, set and sound design, through the lens of Wallpaper*
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In film, Magic Farm, Amalia Ulman's characters are on the hunt for 'crazy subcultures'
Director Amalia Ulman explores hipster territory and internet culture in Magic Farm, starring Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Joe Apollonio. We meet her ahead of its release
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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A major Wes Anderson retrospective is coming to London
Coming to London’s Design Museum in November 2025, ‘Wes Anderson: The Archives’ explores the director's filmography from the 1990s to his recent Oscar-winning picture, accompanied by hundreds of props, models and costumes
By Tianna Williams Published
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Is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cloud' the techno thriller for the decade of online desperation?
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa dives into the black market world of merchandising in his latest techno thriller
By Billie Walker Published
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‘La Cocina’: the kitchen is a chaotic melting pot of contemporary culture in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ new film
The director considers issues including race and imagination, set against the backdrop of a frantic commercial kitchen, in new film ‘La Cocina’
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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What to see at BFI Flare film festival, 'a rich tapestry of queer experience'
As one of the only film festivals to explicitly profile LGBTQI+ cinema, BFI Flare Film Festival remains a unique and beloved event. Here's what to see as it makes its return to London from 19 - 30 March
By Billie Walker Published
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Bong on Bong: the Mickey 17 and Parasite director looks back on his career
As sci-fi romp Mickey 17 prepares to hit the big screen, Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho reflects on his career so far
By James Balmont Published
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In ‘The Last Showgirl’, nostalgia is a drug like any other
Gia Coppola takes us to Las Vegas after the party has ended in new film starring Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
By Billie Walker Published
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‘Life is strange and life is funny’: a new film goes inside the world of Martin Parr
‘I Am Martin Parr’, directed by Lee Shulman, makes the much-loved photographer the subject
By Hannah Silver Published
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Meet Daniel Blumberg, the British indie rock veteran who created The Brutalist’s score
Oscar and BAFTA-winning Blumberg has created an epic score for Brady Corbet’s film The Brutalist.
By Craig McLean Published
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Architecture and the new world: The Brutalist reframes the American dream
Brady Corbet’s third feature film, The Brutalist, demonstrates how violence is a building block for ideology
By Billie Walker Published
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2024's most visually-arresting films
The best films of the year merged inventive narratives with transportive visuals. Here are Wallpaper's top 10 of 2024.
By Nick Levine Published
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The making of ‘Queer’: Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino in conversation
As the reimagining of William Burroughs’ book, 'Queer', hits cinemas, Wallpaper* speaks to director Luca Guadagnino, screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes and star, Daniel Craig about bringing the text to life
By Nick Levine Published
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Is it really possible to stage a Shakespeare play inside the game Grand Theft Auto?
Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary debut written and directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, is about two out-of-work actors attempting to mount a full production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, inside the violent world of Grand Theft Auto, shot entirely in game
By Billie Walker Published
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The Contestant: inside the dark and exploitative beginnings of reality TV
Clair Titley’s The Contestant examines a sensationalist moment in TV history, before Big Brother meant reality became an accepted part of popular culture
By Billie Walker Published
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Sunshine noir is given an unsettling spin in new film ‘Skincare’; meet the director
Best known for music videos, director and writer of ‘Skincare’ Austin Peters on how he created the film’s bright, ominous world
By Hannah Silver Published
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With Bird, Andrea Arnold has created a whole new style of cinema
The director’s latest masterpiece has confounded critics, but only she could have created a social magical realist film that soars so high above dogmatic thinking
By Jordan Bassett Published
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Hyper realistic animatronic dolls come to life in Diego Marcon's new film
Spectacle meets surrealism in Diego Marcon’s latest film, 'La Gola'
By Finn Blythe Published
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Don't miss these films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024
The BFI has announced the lineup for their 68th festival, and it's a stellar one
By Billie Walker Published
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Jobbing actors and the anxious young man: 'In Camera' on the unrelenting nature of acting
Director, Naqqash Khalid’s debut feature, 'In Camera,' explores identity politics through the lens of acting
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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How Amy Sall is highlighting the beauty of African cinema
Amy Sall is highlighting the cultural impact of African filmmakers with ‘The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power’, published by Thames & Hudson
By Marris Adikwu Published
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The Substance may be grotesque, but it is not body horror
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat's sophomore feature film, has already been granted the moniker body horror, due its visceral imagery and mutations of the body
By Billie Walker Published
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New film, Hollywoodgate, finds out what really happened when the US left Afghanistan
Filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at’s Hollywoodgate follows Taliban soldier MJ Mukhtar and air force commander Mawlawi Mansour in the aftermath of America’s withdrawal in August 2021
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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Nan Goldin takes over London’s Welsh Chapel with a provocative new film
Nan Goldin’s ‘Sisters, Saints, Sibyls’ – at The Welsh Chapel, London until 23 June 2024 as part of Gagosian Open – is not an easy watch
By Katie Tobin Published
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Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights: our verdict is in
What to watch or not to watch – cut to the Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights
By Sophie Monks Kaufman Published
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Cyber-noia, pornography, and liberation: inside the queer sci-fi of Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang's new film, ‘UKI’, exists in two worlds simultaneously: the real world of flesh and blood, and a strange digital landscape
By Sam Moore Published
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Cannes Film Festival 2024: what to look forward to
Cannes Film Festival 2024's line-up includes new works from Yorgos Lanthimos, Francis Ford Coppola and more
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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‘What a Fantastic Machine’: new film explores the camera, pop culture and human behaviour
Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson’s new film, ‘And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine’, dissects the role of the camera in popular culture
By Zoe Whitfield Published