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Robert Bright reviews Bill Pohlad's biopic of Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson, but is it giving him excitations or is it Sloop John Balls?

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L.A. Existential: Rampart Reviewed

Co-scripted by James Ellroy, the second film from writer/director Oren Moverman (Oscar-nominated for 2009's The Messenger) stars Woody Harrelson and a heavyweight supporting cast in a fictional character study set amid the actual corruption of the late '90s LAPD. Our Walthamstow crime correspondent Steve Jelbert investigates

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Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City

News

UnderWire Festival: Women in Film Next Week

David Moats previews the UnderWire festival, which celebrates women in film and runs from November 23 to 26 at London's Shortwave Cinema and various other venues

Film

Still The Enemy Within: How Film & TV Dealt With The Miners’ Strike

Kevin Mccaighy looks back at film and television responses to the events of 30 years ago and interviews producer Mark Lacey and director Owen Gower who made Still The Enemy Within

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Oren Moverman

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