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Political Acts: The Cinema of Ryan Coogler • In antipation of his bold, genre-splicing new film, Sinners, we chart the artisic evolution of a filmmaker whose big formal and thematic swings have managed to delight critics and connect with vast audiences.

BLACK&BLUES • A CONVERSATION WITH FILMMAKER ABOUT SINNERS RYAN COOGLER

TWIN CINEMA • A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL B JORDAN

ROOTS • A DIRECTORIAL HISTORY OF BLACK GENRE FILM

SAINTS ON SINNERS • MEETING THE CAST AND CREW BEHIND ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST INTRIGUING, ORGINAL AND PERSONAL FILMS, RYAN COOGLER’S SINNERS.

Miles Caton • Stars as Sammy

Ruth E Carter • Costume Designer

Wunmi Mosaku • Stars as Annie

Jack O’Connell • Stars as Remmick

Ludwig Göransson • Composer

Autumn Durald Arkapaw • Cinematographer

Hailee Steinfeld • Stars as Mary

Hannah Beachler • Production Designer

UP JUMPED THE DEVIL • Collecting up cultural depictions of the legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson, who (apparently) sold his soul to Satan.

IMMORTAL BELOVED • Exhuming the 1973 masterpiece Ganja & Hess, a woozy, experimental vampire story about Black bodies in ecstasy.

A VAMPIRE FASHION SURVEY

Bong Joon Ho • Cute critters and making copies of Robert Pattinson are all in a day’s work for the Korean master, here to discuss his gorgeous and eccentric new film, Mickey 17.

Mickey 17

One to One: John & Yoko

Sebastian

Holy Cow

The Penguin Lessons

All Happy Families

The End

Joshua Oppenheimer • We hear how the doc maestro turned his hand to (musical!) fiction in his compelling and singular new film, The End.

La Cocina

Four Mothers

Last Swim

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

Misericordia

Sister Midnight

Flow

Gints Zilbalodis • The Latvian animator picks apart his awards-magnet latest, the breathtaking animal allegory, Flow.

The Return

The Stimming Pool

Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story

Santosh

DIG! XX

Direct Action

Caught By the Tides

Julie Keeps Quiet

April

Grand Tour

Cloud

Kiyoshi Kurosawa • The ultra prolific Japanese writer/director combs through some of his recent gems, and sets out a pitch for an intriguing World War Two movie.

David Lynch • The king is dead, but an infectious sense of hope and empathy lives on through his incredible work.

Park Lanes

964 Pinocchio

Va Savoir

Scent of a Spell

Crossing Delancey

Play It Cool

River of Grass

The Gift

Going off-menu in Rotterdam • We sample a diverse array of divine morsels at the 2025 Rotterdam International Film Festival.

In praise of Marlon Riggs • A celebration of the Black queer filmmaker’s postumously-released swansong, Black Is… Black Ain’t, on its 30th anniversary.

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