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Silver Screen Shower Scene: Hitchcock Reviewed

Gary Green casts an eye over Sacha Gervasi's biopic of the great director

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Don't Look To The Skies: Flight Reviewed

Patrick Smith reviews Robert Zemeckis's aviation drama

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Django Fever: A Hidden History Of Django Unchained

Stephen Grasso ponders some of the hidden influences and lesser-known historical antecedents to Tarantino's Django Unchained. Contains moderate spoilers

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Bloody Mary: American Mary Reviewed

Sean Kitching takes a look at Jen and Sylvia Soska's controversial body horror movie

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This Is What Defeat Looks Like: Zero Dark Thirty Reviewed

Jason Ward reviews Kathryn Bigelow's dramatisation of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden

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The Great Emancipator: Lincoln Reviewed

Jeremy Meserve reviews Steven Spielberg's biopic of the United States' 16th president

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Picturing the Land Beyond: The Films of Penny Woolcock

To mark the release of Penny Woolcock's documentary From the Sea to the Land Beyond on DVD, Anthony Nield gives an overview the director's work

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Taping A Slave: Django Unchained Reviewed

David Stubbs is impressed by a career best performance from Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's latest, Django Unchained. Contains moderate spoilers

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Video Nasty? V/H/S Reviewed

Mat Colegate watches hand-held, portmanteau horror V/H/S, ahead of its release tomorrow

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Fishy Business: Jiro Dreams Of Sushi Reviewed

Patrick Smith enjoys David Gelb's profile of Tokyo sushi master Jiro Ono, which goes on limited theatrical release across the UK today

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Not So Golden Boy: What Richard Did Reviewed

Colm McAuliffe watches Lenny Abrahamson's drama about an affluent Irish teenager gone wrong, which opens in UK cinemas this Friday

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Forbidden Games And Beyond: René Clément On DVD

Anthony Nield delves into the eclectic filmography of unfashionable French director René Clément, the subject of four new home entertainment releases. Still from And Hope To Die

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Don Cameraro: McCullin Reviewed

David Bennun watches Jacqui and David Morris's documentary about war photographer Don McCullin, which is currently on theatrical release

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Deneuve-Shredding: Repulsion Revisited

Basia Lewandowska Cummings explores Roman Polanski's 1965 psychodrama, which returns to selected UK cinemas this weekend

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“I Have A Certain Kind Of Perspective” – Jonas Mekas Interviewed

Val Phoenix chats to avant-garde cinema veteran Jonas Mekas, whose work is showcased at BFI Southbank and the Serpentine Gallery this month. Photograph by Liz Wendelbo, courtesy of the BFI

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One Man And His Tiger: Life Of Pi Reviewed

Gary Green watches Ang Lee's blockbuster Yann Martel adaptation, which opens in UK cinemas on Thursday December 20

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“The Film Is The Trial” – West Of Memphis Director Amy Berg Interviewed

Amy Berg chats to Basia Lewandowska Cummings about her West Memphis Three documentary, which opens in UK cinemas next Friday

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Papa’s Got A Brand New Baggins! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Reviewed

Jason Ward watches Peter Jackson's return to the Shire, which introduces Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and opens in UK cinemas this Thursday

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Re-Score/Re-Issue: Touch Artists Soundtrack Pathé Colour Stencil Films

The BFI's new DVD collection Fairy Tales: Early Colour Stencil Films From Pathé features a bespoke score composed by the roster of pioneering independent label Touch. Anthony Nield assesses the results

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Men Behaving Madly: Seven Psychopaths Reviewed

Stephen Martin watches Martin McDonagh's comedic meta-bloodbath, which opens in UK cinemas this week. Stills by Chuck Zlotnick

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A Random Lie? Reflections On The Hunt

Basia Lewandowksa Cummings ponders some of the issues raised by Thomas Vinterberg's false accusation drama, which is in UK cinemas now

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Where The Sublime And Ridiculous Meet: Boris Barnet On DVD

John Carvill is entranced by two innovative yet rarely seen gems of Russian cinema, which Mr Bongo have dusted off for home entertainment release. Stills from Outskirts

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25 Years On: Prince Of Darkness Revisited

Steve Earles rewinds a quarter-century to the second picture in John Carpenter's self-described Apocalypse Trilogy. Warning: spoilers

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Caravan Of Hate: Sightseers Reviewed

Stuart Wright enjoys Ben Wheatley's murderous holiday comedy, which goes on nationwide theatrical release this Friday

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From Pickpocket To The Qing Dynasty: A Jia Zhangke Primer

Anthony Nield charts the progress of Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke, whose first three features are being released as a DVD box set on November 26. Still from Unknown Pleasures

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Michael’s Videos: Haneke And The Banality Of Evil

Robert Barry considers the question of evil in relation to the work of celebrated Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke

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20 Years On: Malcolm X Reassessed

Declan Tan turns the cinematic clock back two decades for another look at Spike Lee's epic portrait of an African-American icon

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Goats Whitehead Soup: Charlie Is My Darling Revisited

Peter Whitehead's long-lost Rolling Stones documentary has been restored and re-edited for home entertainment release, plus a UK television premiere this weekend. Anthony Nield examines both the band's relationship with the big screen and its maker's brief but fascinating cinema career

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“We Are Quite Savage Islanders” – Ben Wheatley Interviewed

Ben Wheatley chats to Stephen Dalton about the savagery of modern Britain, soundtrack choices and his blackly comic third feature Sightseers, which goes on nationwide theatrical release at the end of this month

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BFI Uncut Season: Maîtresse Revisited

Yasmeen Khan examines Barbet Schroeder's once-controversial 1976 picture, restricted upon its initial release, which is given a Blu-ray upgrade and screened theatrically by the British Film Institute this month

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The Dying Of The Light: Amour Reviewed

Jason Ward watches Michael Haneke's second consecutive Palme d'Or winner, which opens in UK cinemas this Friday

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A Real Guitar Hero: Jason Becker Interviewed

Joel McIver interviews the extraordinary Californian musician and composer Jason Becker, whose struggle against motor neurone disease is charted by a feature documentary opening in UK cinemas this week

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Silver Screen Shower Scene: Hitchcock Reviewed

Don't Look To The Skies: Flight Reviewed

Django Fever: A Hidden History Of Django Unchained

Bloody Mary: American Mary Reviewed

This Is What Defeat Looks Like: Zero Dark Thirty Reviewed

The Great Emancipator: Lincoln Reviewed

Picturing the Land Beyond: The Films of Penny Woolcock

Taping A Slave: Django Unchained Reviewed

Video Nasty? V/H/S Reviewed

Fishy Business: Jiro Dreams Of Sushi Reviewed

Not So Golden Boy: What Richard Did Reviewed

Forbidden Games And Beyond: René Clément On DVD

Don Cameraro: McCullin Reviewed

Deneuve-Shredding: Repulsion Revisited

“I Have A Certain Kind Of Perspective” – Jonas Mekas Interviewed

One Man And His Tiger: Life Of Pi Reviewed

“The Film Is The Trial” – West Of Memphis Director Amy Berg Interviewed

Papa’s Got A Brand New Baggins! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Reviewed

Re-Score/Re-Issue: Touch Artists Soundtrack Pathé Colour Stencil Films

Men Behaving Madly: Seven Psychopaths Reviewed

A Random Lie? Reflections On The Hunt

Where The Sublime And Ridiculous Meet: Boris Barnet On DVD

25 Years On: Prince Of Darkness Revisited

Caravan Of Hate: Sightseers Reviewed

From Pickpocket To The Qing Dynasty: A Jia Zhangke Primer

Michael’s Videos: Haneke And The Banality Of Evil

20 Years On: Malcolm X Reassessed

Goats Whitehead Soup: Charlie Is My Darling Revisited

“We Are Quite Savage Islanders” – Ben Wheatley Interviewed

BFI Uncut Season: Maîtresse Revisited

The Dying Of The Light: Amour Reviewed

A Real Guitar Hero: Jason Becker Interviewed

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