Oren Moverman

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Heroes And Villains: Love And Mercy Reviewed

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?

Film

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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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

Television

Reggae Britannia Reviewed: The Rise Of The Rebel Stance

Terry Staunton welcomes a fine documentation of reggae's past in the latest from the BBC's ... Britannia series - the question now is, where does it go next? Photo from the BBC

News

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2012

Huge programme starts at BFI Southbank tomorrow!

Baker's Dozen

Creation Of Worlds: Bok Bok Discusses 13 Favourite Albums

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

Black Sky Thinking

Satan’s Scapegoat: The Daily Mail & Blaming Metal For Murder

The Daily Mail has once more blamed listening to heavy metal as in some way contributory to the tragic murder of Ann Maguire, and a recent teenage suicide. Joel McIver explains why this argument needs to be challenged

The Quietus International

Rockfort: French Music For July With David McKenna

As well as providing a new mix, David McKenna explains why he prefers Fishbach to Foxygen and hails the return of the mighty France. Main picture by Jerome Favre

Film

A Shot in the Dark: 16mm’s Last Reel

Independent filmmaker Austin Collings laments the uncompromising rush to 'go digital' as 16mm film stock goes on the endangered species list.

Baker's Dozen

Moments In The Sun: Nite Jewel’s Favourite Albums

Nite Jewel takes us through the albums that inspired her latest record No Sun, from Miles Davis to Cluster, via digressions on the importance of bad karaoke and Nietzschean philosophy

Film

Vomit, Comets And Tantrums: Films Made In Extreme Conditions

With Roman Polanksi's _The Ghost Writer_ gearing up for release, David Bax looks at other movies made in, ahem, 'challenging' circumstances that nevertheless made it to the big screen

Film

Scorpio Rising: Kenneth Anger Interviewed

Experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger talks about porno, the occult and his former neighbour Elliot Smith as a collection of his early films _The Magick Lantern Cycle_ is released by the BFI.

Art

Wet Ware: 11 Fountains In Leeuwarden-Friesland, Capital Of Culture

As part of its tenure as one of this year’s European Capitals of Culture, Leeuwarden-Friesland, in the Netherlands, has commission eleven artists to build eleven Fountains

Film

Not A Lorre Laughs: Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Reviewed

Tristan Bath reviews a restoration of Fritz Lang's proto-noir masterpiece

Film

A Serious Man & The Greatest Story Never Told By Hollywood

The Coen brothers might have taken the Book of Job as the inspiration for their latest work but, asks Jeremy Allen, why does the Bible not inspire more filmmakers?

Film

Reality Bites: Writer Mike Carey On The Girl With All The Gifts

Nadia Attia interviews Mike Carey, writer of young adult zombie flick The Girl With All The Gifts, out in cinemas today

Books

The Room: An Extract From The New Novel By Jenny Hval

Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval follows her acclaimed debut novel Paradise Rot with Girls Against God, a "fugue-like feminist manifesto" wrapped up in a story about Norway in the 90s

Film

A Year On Film: Quietus Critics Pick Their Top Films Of 2018

No numbers, no ranking, just nine recommendations for the best films of 2018 – and not a superhero in sight

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The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

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Heroes And Villains: Love And Mercy Reviewed

L.A. Existential: Rampart Reviewed

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

Most Popular

The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Uneasy on the Ear: An Interview with Lola De La Mata

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies

Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

Simulation Dismantled: Beside Myself by DJ Haram

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Previously Read

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

Reggae Britannia Reviewed: The Rise Of The Rebel Stance

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2012

Creation Of Worlds: Bok Bok Discusses 13 Favourite Albums

Satan’s Scapegoat: The Daily Mail & Blaming Metal For Murder

Rockfort: French Music For July With David McKenna

A Shot in the Dark: 16mm’s Last Reel

Moments In The Sun: Nite Jewel’s Favourite Albums

Vomit, Comets And Tantrums: Films Made In Extreme Conditions

Scorpio Rising: Kenneth Anger Interviewed

Wet Ware: 11 Fountains In Leeuwarden-Friesland, Capital Of Culture

Not A Lorre Laughs: Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Reviewed

A Serious Man & The Greatest Story Never Told By Hollywood

Reality Bites: Writer Mike Carey On The Girl With All The Gifts

The Room: An Extract From The New Novel By Jenny Hval

A Year On Film: Quietus Critics Pick Their Top Films Of 2018

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