Film Stories issue 43 print edition (July 2023)
Film Stories issue 43 print edition (July 2023)
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GREATEST DAYS
The inside story of the biggest blockbuster party of the summer – with a bit of Take That music thrown in.
RED PLEDGE
The government of China has a five year plan to grow its overseas cinema: but there are near $1bn-grossing films that it’s really hard to find.
18-RATED FILMS TO 1980s HOME COMPUTERS
When The Evil Dead, Death Wish III, RoboCop and more came to the ZX Spectrum.
QUITTING HOLLYWOOD, AND STARTING AGAIN
Director Patrick Read Johnson set up Dragonheart, had it taken away, made Baby’s Day Out, and quit Hollywood. He tells us his story, and the tale of his comeback.
Plus!
Little Blue Lodge, and the tales behind a twist thriller
Tara Fitzgerald: acting, and trying to get films made
The beauty of Barbie films: the 13 we’d recommend checking out
George Orwell on screen
Celebrating the smaller stories about average people
The science bit
Films with time loops
The music of Michael Kamen
And lots, lots more…