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Canons – like cannons – can be dangerous. They boil artists’ oeuvres down to easily digestible chunks, leaving the non-canonical titles out... Read more »

24 City (2008) Dir: Jia Zhangke While many of Jia Zhangke’s modern classics have managed to provoke the Chinese ruling party, 24 City pissed off... Read more »

Beyond the Lights Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood Why it's one of our overlooked movies of 2015: it went straight to DVD in the UK In a more sensible film cul... Read more »

Given recent votes, we half expected something racist and idiotic like Gerard Butler hokum Gods of Egypt to top this best films of the year poll. This drum t... Read more »

Is there a filmmaker who’s been more misrepresented by film culture than Martin Scorsese? Perceived wisdom tells us he’s cinema’s great amb... Read more »

John Wick Chapter 2 Dir. Chad Stahelski  John Wick 2 will never not be underrated, even by the people who thoroughly enjoyed it. Underneath an extra... Read more »

Once again our writers draw lines in the cinematic sand to choose 2015's essential films. Our top ten has a curious gender divide: the male protagonists (The... Read more »