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How Robert Eggers made this year’s strangest film
Film

How Robert Eggers made this year’s strangest film

To The Lighthouse — The New Hampshire filmmaker’s second feature is a psychological two-hander about two warring lighthouse keepers. To mark its UK release, he tells us why it probably won’t be for everybody.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

Fire Starters: the women fighting to be vikings
Film

Fire Starters: the women fighting to be vikings

Huck docs — Fire Starters is a new Huck film that follows two young women as they try to gain access to the all-male fire festival, Up Helly Aa.

Written by: Huck

The twin brothers who paddled from Alaska to Mexico
Outdoors

The twin brothers who paddled from Alaska to Mexico

2,300 miles – by hand — In 2016, after a lifetime spent trying to outdo each other, Ryan and Casey Higginbotham embarked on a journey that would push them to their absolute limits – one that could only be completed if they worked as a team.

Written by: Alice Austin

Inside a music producer’s battle with epilepsy
Music

Inside a music producer’s battle with epilepsy

When the world falls away — A new short film tells the story of Alex Parish, who has spent years struggling with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy – one of the more common, but mysterious, physical conditions.

Written by: Huck

Photos of Thailand’s old abandoned cinemas
Film

Photos of Thailand’s old abandoned cinemas

Relics, ruins and romance — Between the ’60s and ’80s, Thailand was given millions of US dollars to help fight communism. The result was dozens of Hollywood-inspired movie theatres, which are now facing demolition.

Written by: Cassidy George

The young skateboarder smashing stereotypes in India
Film

The young skateboarder smashing stereotypes in India

Kamali power — For six-year-old Kamali, skateboarding has become a way of creating major positive change – breaking down barriers that have held women back for generations.

Written by: Eva Clifford

Ali Milani: the young muslim immigrant taking on the PM
Activism

Ali Milani: the young muslim immigrant taking on the PM

Knock Knock: An Election Special — Will this be the first time that a serving Prime Minister loses his seat? Uxbridge’s Labour candidate Ali Milani is running against Boris Johnson, in an effort to make that happen.

Written by: Josh Schot

Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges on acting as therapy
Film

Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges on acting as therapy

Honey boys — The two actors play versions of Shia LaBeouf at different stages of his life, in a film that he wrote in rehab. To mark its UK release, we find about their own relationships with stardom.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

How the French New Wave revolutionised visual culture
Film

How the French New Wave revolutionised visual culture

From film to photography — The movement fused film, art, photography and graphic design to create a radical new style of communication.

Written by: Miss Rosen

The paranormal drama exploring migration and loss
Film

The paranormal drama exploring migration and loss

Inside Atlantics — To mark the it‘s UK release, we speak to filmmaker Mati Diop about her haunting debut – a story about uprooting, told from the perspective of the people left behind.

Written by: Katie Goh

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