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Ali Plumb explores how a movie in-joke has now become a key part of the franchise toolkit

Dewi Evans waxes lyrical about musicals that breathe new life into songs we know and love

Caspar Salmon examines why so many big-screen villains seem to be pointedly camp.

Boo! Mike Muncer examines the filmmaking technique used to jolt viewers out of their seat

Pamela Hutchinson sings the praises of film's inspiring and subversive sisters.

Grace Barber-Plentie鈥檚 body-positive celebration of being fat and female on film.

Hanna Flint asks if a Strong Female Character kicking ass is always empowering?

As part of International Women's Month Anna Bogutskaya celebrates the talents of Cher.

Ellen E Jones spends a night on the town examining how film and TV like to party.

Pamela Hutchinson gives a guided tour of the British coast on the big screen.

Alex Dudok de Wit gets to grips with the hand-crafted art of stop-motion puppet animation.

Elizabeth Sankey reviews cinema's complex relationship with wickedly powerful women.

Documentary from Kambole Campbell on Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed.

Documentary from Grace Barber-Plentie on trailblazing Moonlight director Barry Jenkins.

Documentary from Corrina Antrobus on groundbreaking film director Ava DuVernay.

Documentary from Ellen E Jones on the zeitgeist-capturing film director Jordan Peele.

Raise a glass to the boozer, a familiar fixture in film that reflects British life.

Leslie Byron Pitt salutes the smug, self-serving supporting characters we love to hate.

Zing Tsjeng examines a Hollywood stereotype of Asian women: the cold, crafty Dragon Lady.

Jessica Kiang deciphers a storytelling technique that's kept viewers guessing since 1950.

Mike Muncer explores the dark, uncanny world of filmmaker David Lynch.

Catherine Bray takes a look at the most dramatic place to set a scene in film: the cinema.

Beth Webb explores how movies can subvert the patriarchal concept of the beauty pageant.

In the movies, a dream holiday can mean anything from a makeover to a murder spree...

Rhianna Dhillon argues that teen movies are perfect for adaptations of classic literature.

Simran Hans turns the camera on the all-access pop-star documentary.

Tim Robey zooms in on a camera technique that has left heads spinning for over 60 years.

How does cinema treat women's lust? Christina Newland takes a close look.

One, two, three, four! Elizabeth Sankey sings the praises of cinema's best bands.

Michael Leader explores how Japanese animators Studio Ghibli find magic in the everyday.

The most romantically-charged moments in films are often those before the kissing starts.

Spoofs, Bond spoofs. We take aim at the subgenre of spies that have parodied 007.

They say you can鈥檛 choose family, but the Fast and Furious franchise begs to differ...

Inside Cinema salutes cinema鈥檚 iconic duos and explores what makes a film friendship.

Get into the groove with Inside Cinema's look at iconic dance scenes in '80s teen movies.

The '90s saw A-list casts baring all in tales of high-concept intrigue... they vanished.