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A Map Of Growing Up: Stephen Lee Naish On The Bachelor Party

Stephen Lee Naish looks back to the fond memories contained in a warped VHS copy of Tom Hank's 'The Bachelor Party' and wonders if something has been lost in our rush to embrace digital formats

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Pictures Of Me: Elliott Smith – Heaven Adores You Reviewed

A new documentary examining the life and work of Elliott Smith opens this month. James Skinner is here with a review

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Poetry And Propaganda: Ten Lesser Known Films About The Great War

To mark last weekend's Remembrance Day David Hamilton-Smith takes an in depth look at ten films that deal with the tragedy of World War One

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To Boldly Go Where Nolan Has Gone Before: Interstellar Reviewed

James Ubaghs reviews Chris Nolan's space travel epic

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Fight Cub: Marwan Kenzari and Nasrdin Dchar Talk Wolf

Jim Taihuttu's kickboxing thriller 'Wolf' is out on DVD now, so Paul Risker interviewed two of the film's stars about acting, their director and the future of Dutch film

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Peasant Company Excepted: Andrzej Wajda’s The Promised Land

With the long awaited reissue of The Promised Land in its uncut form just days away, Yasmeen Khan takes the opportunity to look back at Andrzej Wajda's social realist masterpiece

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“The Real World Is What Excites Me The Most”: Mike Leigh On Mr. Turner

Jason Ward meets the veteran British director to talk about his new biopic of J.M.W. Turner

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Saw Losers: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Revisited

James Ubaghs revs himself up to revisit the horror classic

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Long Live The New Flesh: A Halloween Guide To Transgressive Horror

With Halloween upon us, Sean Kitching sets fire to his white sheet with eye-holes cut in it and compiles a list of horror movies that go that bit further for their scares (NSFW)

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Zarjaz! Paul Goodwin Talks Future Shock: The Story Of 2000AD

With a new documentary about The Galaxy's Greatest Comic showing tonight as part of the BFI's Sci-Fi: Days Of Fear And Wonder season, Mat Colegate sits down with the film's director Paul Goodwin.

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Poetic Realism: Marcel Carné’s Le Jour Se lève revisited

Paul Risker talks to Ginette Vincendeau, King's College professor of film studies, about the enduring influence of Marcel Carné's masterpiece Le Jour Se lève

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Ambulance Chaser: Is Bringing Out The Dead Scorsese’s Last Great Film?

Fearghas Cleary revisits Scorsese's 1999 flop and asks if it was the veteran director's last moment of real greatness

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Casino Classics: Elaine Constantine And Lisa Stansfield Talk Northern Soul

Yousif Nur interviews director Elaine Constantine and actor Lisa Stansfield about their new film Northern Soul

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The Quietus Guide To The 2014 London Film Festival

Nick MacWilliam rounds up the films you should be seeing at this year's London Film Festival

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Less Than The Best Is A Fela-ny: Finding Fela Reviewed

Richie Troughton takes a look at a new documentary on the life and work of Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti

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Things Learned At The 2014 Branchage Film Festival

Colm McAuliffe heads to Jersey for the 2014 Branchage Film Festival and, like the dutiful chap he is, reports back with a list of the things he has learned. Photos by Neil R Thomson

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Oo-er, Cantona: You And The Night Reviewed

Nadia Attia gets up close and personal with director Yann Gonzalez's retro-powered romp

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Hanks For The Memories: The ‘Burbs Revisited

Tony McKiver goes back to the old neighbourhood to reassess Joe Dante's anarchic and subversive comedy 'The 'Burbs'

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American Psychos: The Hollywood Male At Breaking Point

Stephen Lee Naish examines the portrayals of men on the edge in Mary Harron's American Psycho and Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break

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Must It Be Flickers: The Quietus Film Column? Really?

The Quietus film team return in force to check out Ida, Night Of The Comet and Honeymoon. This week with added music round. Please don't get your hopes up.

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Crashes, Bangs and Quarries: An Interview With The The Radiophonic Workshop

Ahead of their curating of Jersey's Branchage film festival and their site-specific performance on the island on the 28th of September, Colm McAuliffe sits down with the legendary Radiophonic Workshop to discuss their long, strange history.

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Samurai Of The Beholder: Kurosawa’s Legacy Reassessed

With the Blu-Ray box set of Kurosawa's influential Samurai films available now, David Moats analyses the director's influence on Hollywood and wonders whether it could have been very different

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Blank Generation: Jim Jarmusch’s Permanent Vacation

With the BFI's Jim Jarmusch season underway Michael Wojtas has a look back at the director's 1980 feature debut

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Dam And Blast: Night Moves Reviewed

Gary Green goes enviro-mental over director Kelly Reichardt's latest

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Troglodyte With Destiny: 20,000 Days On Earth Reviewed

Because Troglodytes live in caves, yeah? Caves, geddit? Suit yourselves... Nadia Attia gets to grips with the 'Constructed Documentary' on the life and work of Nick Cave

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The Broken Nest: Satyajit Ray’s Charulata reassessed

With the recent restoration of Charulata appearing in cinemas, Yasmeen Khan takes the opportunity to review Satyajit Ray's work through the prism of his best known film

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“Too Much The Darkness” The Werner Herzog Soundtracks Of Popol Vuh

To mark the BFI's release of their stunning Werner Herzog blu ray box set, David Stubbs discusses the director's legacy of collaboration with krautrocker Florian Fricke

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Flickers: The Quietus Film Column – Betamax Collector’s Edition.

doom! doOM! dOOM! DOOM! It's The Quietus's not-nearly-as-regular-as-it-should-be cinematic round-up!

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Twee, Dull, Dumb? God Help The Girl Reviewed

Helen King reviews Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch's debut feature film. But does it Rule The School, or is it Boy With The Arab Crap?

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No Country For Old Men: Charlie’s Country Reviewed

Raphael Hall reviews the latest collaboration between director Rolf De Heer and actor David Gulpilil

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Futuro-logical Error: The Congress Reviewed

Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy takes a look at Waltz With Bashir director Ari Folman's latest

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Strangeness Just Around The Corner: Quietus Writers On Studio Ghibli

Following announcements of a pause in their film production, Quietus writers reflect upon their favourite films from Japanese animation titans Studio Ghibli

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Indie Auteur: A Conversation With Joe Swanberg, ‘Mumblecore’ Lynchpin

Chicago-based indie filmmaker and key figure in the regrettably named 'mumblecore' movement, Joe Swanberg discusses physics, graphic novels and working with non-actors to The Quietus as two of his films, _LOL_ and _Hannah Takes the Stairs_, are released in the UK by ICA films

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A Map Of Growing Up: Stephen Lee Naish On The Bachelor Party

Pictures Of Me: Elliott Smith – Heaven Adores You Reviewed

Poetry And Propaganda: Ten Lesser Known Films About The Great War

To Boldly Go Where Nolan Has Gone Before: Interstellar Reviewed

Fight Cub: Marwan Kenzari and Nasrdin Dchar Talk Wolf

Peasant Company Excepted: Andrzej Wajda’s The Promised Land

“The Real World Is What Excites Me The Most”: Mike Leigh On Mr. Turner

Saw Losers: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Revisited

Long Live The New Flesh: A Halloween Guide To Transgressive Horror

Zarjaz! Paul Goodwin Talks Future Shock: The Story Of 2000AD

Poetic Realism: Marcel Carné’s Le Jour Se lève revisited

Ambulance Chaser: Is Bringing Out The Dead Scorsese’s Last Great Film?

Casino Classics: Elaine Constantine And Lisa Stansfield Talk Northern Soul

The Quietus Guide To The 2014 London Film Festival

Less Than The Best Is A Fela-ny: Finding Fela Reviewed

Things Learned At The 2014 Branchage Film Festival

Oo-er, Cantona: You And The Night Reviewed

Hanks For The Memories: The ‘Burbs Revisited

American Psychos: The Hollywood Male At Breaking Point

Must It Be Flickers: The Quietus Film Column? Really?

Crashes, Bangs and Quarries: An Interview With The The Radiophonic Workshop

Samurai Of The Beholder: Kurosawa’s Legacy Reassessed

Blank Generation: Jim Jarmusch’s Permanent Vacation

Dam And Blast: Night Moves Reviewed

Troglodyte With Destiny: 20,000 Days On Earth Reviewed

The Broken Nest: Satyajit Ray’s Charulata reassessed

“Too Much The Darkness” The Werner Herzog Soundtracks Of Popol Vuh

Flickers: The Quietus Film Column – Betamax Collector’s Edition.

Twee, Dull, Dumb? God Help The Girl Reviewed

No Country For Old Men: Charlie’s Country Reviewed

Futuro-logical Error: The Congress Reviewed

Strangeness Just Around The Corner: Quietus Writers On Studio Ghibli

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