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Party hats and streamers at the ready as we celebrate our bumper birthday edition – with four stunning covers up for grabs.

In the issue

Encounters: The Cinema of Luca Guadagnino
Rafa Sales Ross surveys the lush cinematic landscape of this singular director ahead of Challengers’ arrival.

Hawk Eye: A conversation with Luca Guadagnino
The poetic and worldly filmmaker explains how he came to make a hyper-kinetic sports melodrama in Challengers.

Three’s Company
We meet Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist – the stars of Challengers – to divine the formula of their awesome screen chemistry.

Emotion Seller
A conversation with Challengers’ ace screenwriter and erstwhile YouTube sensation, Justin Kuritzkes.

Gentleman’s Agreement
Lillian Crawford looks for bisexual rumblings in cinema’s early days.

Cinesynthia!
Jake Cole lists ten of the most important and epochal electronic soundtracks in the history of cinema.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Movie Stars: A LWLies round-table
Four critics pick and pull at the sinews of the modern movie star over a lavish breakfast at The Wolseley.

Ads Infinitum: A Guadagnino Portfolio
Five Luca Guadagnino bangers reframed as classic magazine ads by a group of industrious illustrators.