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The dystopian thriller set amid Black Lives Matter protests

American Thief — We speak to the director of a new film showing at Whistler Film Festival which integrates fictional characters with real events in a story centred on teenage hackers and conspiracy buffs.

  • Culture
  • Charlotte Rawlings

David Arquette: 'Nearly dying on film gave me PTSD'

Wrestling for redemption — Following the release of a new film documenting the actor's eventful foray into professional wrestling, Arquette speaks to Huck about returning from the brink of death, running into bar brawls, and ketamine therapy.

  • Film
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

VCR visionary: The woman who taped 33 years of TV news

The Marion Stokes Project — Director Matt Wolf speaks to Huck about his documentary on the elusive Marion Stokes, a Communist radical who recorded 70,000 tapes worth of TV news as a form of activism.

  • Culture
  • Daisy Schofield

How radical health activists fought the 70s heroin epidemic

Dope is Death — A new documentary explores the legacy of a 1970s coalition of New York health activists and revolutionaries, among them Tupac's stepfather and The Black Panthers, and how they founded North America's first acupuncture detox clinic.

  • Film
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

How hate-symbol Pepe the Frog took trolling mainstream

Feels Good Man — The directors of a new documentary about Pepe the Frog speak to Huck about how the cartoon was co-opted by the far right, and what it tells us about the state of America.

  • Culture
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

Mogul Mowgli: an electrifying film about generational trauma

Bassam Tariq in conversation — Filmmaker Bassam Tariq discusses his new film Mogul Mowgli starring Riz Ahmed, who plays Zed, a British-Pakistani rapper grappling with a devastating disease.

  • Film
  • Beth Webb

Filmmaker Rose Glass on making this year’s best horror

Saint Maud — After a lengthy delay, the British writer-director’s unforgettable debut feature is finally in UK cinemas. To mark its release, she explains how she constructed empathetic genre movie concerning mental illness and body horror.

  • Film
  • Josh Slater-Williams

Richard Linklater on Before Sunrise's enduring legacy

Return to Vienna — 25 years after the initial release of Before Sunrise, director Richard Linklater reflects on the "beautiful mesh" between himself and lead actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, and capturing the thrill of romantic possibility on camera.

  • Film
  • Simon Bland

White Riot: how rock took on racism in Britain

Punk politics — Director Rubika Shah discusses her new documentary, White Riot, which traces the story of grassroots political movement Rock Against Racism, and the role of activism in Britain’s music history.

  • Film
  • Katie Goh

An intimate portrait of NYC's Black, queer, homeless youth

West Village kids — In Pier Kids, filmmaker Elegance Bratton returns to Christopher Street Pier – an area steeped in LGBTQ+ history and the place where he spent 10 years of his life homeless – to connect with its current inhabitants.

  • Film
  • Matt Turner

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