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From video game champions to YouTube innovators, THE FACE meets the Pokémon players who have used Satoshi Tajiri's fictional world to create lasting, IRL bonds.

The Muppet Lord of the Rings does not exist – although it is evident to any respectable individual that it should.

Screen Time: Spend the next seven days in your natural habitat: on the sofa, with a cuppa, watching TV.

An epic sci-fi for people who don’t like sci-fi – that’s only one of this brilliant film’s achievements. Buckle up and settle back for the intergalactic ride of your life.

Our favourite champion of female pleasure and wearer of pearls has landed a new gig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

As the applause fades on a great – and thankfully IRL – edition of the LFF, capped by rapturous reviews for Denzel Washington’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, we present our highlights of the 12-day cinematic feast.

In her new book, The End, Katie Goh examines our collective preoccupation with dystopia. As it turns out, apocalyptic films and TV shows have a lot to say about the world we live in – and Squid Game is just the tip of the ’berg.

London Film Festival: As the Best Show on TV ™ returns, Logan Roy’s cockiest offspring spills the beans* on what to expect from series three. *He doesn’t really. But he says other cool stuff.

Screen Time: From Succession to You, we've rounded up the best new stuff to watch.

Playwright and LGBT+ activist Larry Kramer’s 1980s play has been rebooted for the modern stage. Its ambiguity remains, as does its existential point: time wasted is death. Here, THE FACE meets director Dominic Cooke and various cast members.

The ICA’s brand-new, multi-sensory exhibition, Damien Hirst’s NFTs, food at Rita’s and loads more. THE FACE has got you covered.

It was the viral story that had Noughties kids glued to MSN messenger. Now, its cultural significance is being celebrated with a print edition.

London Film Festival: the director of the Sundance-winning Danish film on his 25-year connection with his friend and leading man.

The emerging Baltimore-based art duo use tech and loaded questions in their work. Now, they’re taking over The London EDITION’s nightclub basement with Culture’s Panic Room.

London Film Festival: Directors Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman explain their stunning visual and sonic exploration of economic inequality and digital imbalances. Enjoy this trip...

London Film Festival: The French star of 2021’s most jaw-dropping, see-it-to-believe-it film tells us how she got into the mind of psychopath for a role that sees her twerk, shag and kill.

London Film Festival: the Londoner is starring in the other must-watch TV drama of the season (the other being Succession) (you knew that).

Screen Time: Hibernation season has arrived. Cancel your plans and get cosy with these watches instead.

We got one of the UK’s most celebrated (and coolest) contemporary artists on the phone to chat about all sorts in our latest issue of THE FACE. Note: stay ’til the end for a pub-worthy joke.

The serial collector took to the Catacombs of Paris to document youth culture and contemporary artefacts. Spoooooky!

LFF: The Wes Anderson-approved French-Algerian follows fellow César winners Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vanessa Paradis and Audrey Tautou – and now she’s disarming Timothée Chalamet.