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Trouble At Sea: Maritime Superstition In The Lighthouse, Sea Fever And Harpoon

Robert Eggers turns to murky waters with his sophomore feature The Lighthouse, but he's not the only director concerned with the shifty habits of seafarers, finds Mary Beth McAndrews

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Chest Always So Puffed Guy: American Psycho At 20

The story written by Bret Easton Ellis had its own thoughts on toxic masculinity, but it was only with Mary Harron's 2000 film that the weight of American Psycho really found its truth, writes Marianne Eloise

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Lap Me Up: The Surrealism Of Sexy Beast At 20

Jonathan Glazer made a hot, high-stakes Geezer film in Sexy Beast – but the film's legacy 20 years on is more interesting when considering its background in surrealism, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

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Diamonds In The Rough: The Sympathetic Stress Machines Of The Safdie Brothers

From Daddy Longlegs to Uncut Gems, filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie thrive in high-octane environments with chaotic heroes. Their four features to date show a singular preoccupation with anxiety-driven protagonists without ever losing humanity, finds Kambole Campbell

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2019 In Film: Do Things Still Go Bump In The Night?

With more Kubrick, Myers, and King than ever before, the landscape of horror cinema is moving forward in circles – but where do we go beyond 2019? Mat Colegate reflects on the year behind us

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I Am Not A Gun: The Iron Giant, 20 Urgent Years On

Seemingly intended for children at the time of release, The Iron Giant offered a clear message of empathy and a call to arms to be a better human being. 20 years on, this plea couldn't feel more needed, finds Millicent Thomas

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Story Of An Émigré: The Culture Clashes Of Three Colours: Red

The final entry in the acclaimed trilogy – and the last in director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s career – Three Colours: Red is a sorrowful essay on love and brotherhood. Adam Solomons looks at the powerful film 25 years on

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Down To The Woods: 50 Years Of Khitruk’s Soviet Winnie The Pooh

A.A. Milne's beloved stories of a small round bear have been adopted around the world – but the Disney cartoon isn't the only screen counterpart worth remembering, finds Ian Wang

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Picture This: Are Any Books Truly Unfilmable?

With Denis Villeneuve's new take on Dune now just shy of a year away, the question of which stories we tell onscreen arises once more, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

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The Star-Crossed Busker: The Third Man And Anton Karas

Minding his own business and his own zither at a wine bistro and then hauled back to America to write the score that reshaped the entertainment industry, the work of Anton Karas preserves the legacy of The Third Man, finds Jim Hilton

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Mercury Rising: The Hottest August Under The Sign Of Warming

Humans of New York meets Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil in The Hottest August, a documentary about climate change in an uncanny disguise, finds Zacharias Szumer

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By The Green Light: Ethnofuturism And Djinns In Mati Diop’s Atlantics

Mati Diop's beguiling debut feature tells a love story, but also hides oceans of complex historico-political allegories amidst mystical bodies and ambiguous timelines, finds Perwana Nazif

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Ben-Hur At 60 And The Immortality Of Miklós Rózsa

The staggering achievement that is Ben-Hur must be celebrated on its 60th birthday, but there's one major player history hasn't always been kind to. Before John Williams, there was Miklós Rózsa, finds James Hanton

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Accountability Or Apologia? America’s Weight In The Report

Adam Driver puts in a fine performance in Scott Z. Burns' political drama The Report, but the film's moral compass has a more complicated position on the manifestation of state power, finds Georgie Carr

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Who Paints These Houses? On Harvey Keitel And Martin Scorsese

Marty's magnanimous return with The Irishman marks a triumphant reunion among greats. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino form the main trio – but there's more to be said about Scorsese's relationship with Harvey Keitel, finds Brogan Morris

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Toy Story 2 At 20: Mortality And Acceptance On The Edge Of 30

Celebrating the anniversary of a bona fide animated masterpiece gives weight to reflection on the meaning of life itself, far beyond the promise of just another sparky animation, finds Karl Smith

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Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, November 2019

Charlie Brigden returns with his monthly column leafing through the biggest and best film soundtrack releases

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Herzog For The Curb Era: A Serious Man Turns 10

The Coens’ most kosher offering has often been viewed as a modern take on an Old Testament parable – but A Serious Man has richer roots in the pantheon of postwar Jewish-American writers, finds Adam Solomons

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Sparking Joy: Family And Fireworks In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cinema

Remember, remember, the lights that filled the sky on nights dedicated to more than bonfires in the works of Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda. There's a feeling of luminous family in those fleeting stars, finds Jake Cunningham

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Reel Sounds – Vol.2: Crosby, Cuba And More In Focus At Doc’n Roll 2019

Music documentary festival Doc'n Roll shines a vital light on artists both adored and unexplored, finds Neil Fox

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A Sound Idea: Walter Murch And Midge Costin On Making Waves

A new documentary explores the under-seen community of sound in the film industry. Tim Murray interviews Francis Ford Coppola's editor Walter Murch and film director Midge Costin for more

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Queen Of The Flies: Mica Levi Interviewed

The brilliant mind behind Under the Skin and Jackie returns – Charlie Brigden speaks to Mica Levi about her latest dizzying film score, for war picture Monos

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Nightmare Visions In A Gentle Place: Mayhem Film Festival 2019

For its 2019 edition, Petra Davis dives into the weird and wonderful highlights of Broadway Cinema's Mayhem Film Festival once more

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The Bottom Line: On Disability And Wrestling In The Peanut Butter Falcon

The charming likability of The Peanut Butter Falcon takes on new meaning when its specific story of ambition and resilience finds a real-life counterpart, finds Logan Kenny

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Defanging The Dragon: How Maleficent Fails As A Feminist Retelling

Ahead of the sequel, looking back on Disney's first screen tale of Maleficent shows the shortcomings of the machine, finds Samantha Abramovitz

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Clutch For A Villain: An Interview With Bong Joon-Ho And Song Kang-Ho

To mark the US release of Palme D'Or winner Parasite, Joseph Owen takes a trip down memory lane, interviewing director Bong Joon-ho and star Song Kang-ho in Locarno on a fine summer's day

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WATCH: Jack Rooke’s Dawn Of A New Gay

Comedian and theatre maker Jack Rooke turns to the screen with his debut film Dawn of a New Gay, a short full of generous humour and lurid detail, finds Kate Wyver

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Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, September 2019

Charlie Brigden returns with his monthly column leafing through the biggest and best film soundtrack releases

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Where Is The Love? 20 Years Of Fight Club

Looking back on David Fincher's now cult picture Fight Club 20 years later, there's much to be uncovered about the story's diffused queerness and the sexual blockage the film describes, finds Steve Erickson

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Safe From Harm: How Coil Helped AIDS Awareness On VHS

As Coil’s almost balearic soundtrack to long-forgotten VHS sexucational release Gay Man’s Guide To Safer Sex is released, Tim Murray looks at the strange story of the title and its score

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Celebrity Stink: Alex Ross Perry On Her Smell

Discussing his newest film, the 5-act girl punk epic Her Smell, Alex Ross Perry tells Nick Chen about Shakespeare, secretive script developments and why blender-style work

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A Minor Miracle: Why Brad Pitt Is The Smartest Working Actor

With his newest title Ad Astra, Brad Pitt proves once more that his skill lies in his intelligence as much as his talent as a performer, says Brogan Morris

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Trouble At Sea: Maritime Superstition In The Lighthouse, Sea Fever And Harpoon

Chest Always So Puffed Guy: American Psycho At 20

Lap Me Up: The Surrealism Of Sexy Beast At 20

Diamonds In The Rough: The Sympathetic Stress Machines Of The Safdie Brothers

2019 In Film: Do Things Still Go Bump In The Night?

I Am Not A Gun: The Iron Giant, 20 Urgent Years On

Story Of An Émigré: The Culture Clashes Of Three Colours: Red

Down To The Woods: 50 Years Of Khitruk’s Soviet Winnie The Pooh

Picture This: Are Any Books Truly Unfilmable?

The Star-Crossed Busker: The Third Man And Anton Karas

Mercury Rising: The Hottest August Under The Sign Of Warming

By The Green Light: Ethnofuturism And Djinns In Mati Diop’s Atlantics

Ben-Hur At 60 And The Immortality Of Miklós Rózsa

Accountability Or Apologia? America’s Weight In The Report

Who Paints These Houses? On Harvey Keitel And Martin Scorsese

Toy Story 2 At 20: Mortality And Acceptance On The Edge Of 30

Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, November 2019

Herzog For The Curb Era: A Serious Man Turns 10

Sparking Joy: Family And Fireworks In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cinema

Reel Sounds – Vol.2: Crosby, Cuba And More In Focus At Doc’n Roll 2019

A Sound Idea: Walter Murch And Midge Costin On Making Waves

Queen Of The Flies: Mica Levi Interviewed

Nightmare Visions In A Gentle Place: Mayhem Film Festival 2019

The Bottom Line: On Disability And Wrestling In The Peanut Butter Falcon

Defanging The Dragon: How Maleficent Fails As A Feminist Retelling

Clutch For A Villain: An Interview With Bong Joon-Ho And Song Kang-Ho

WATCH: Jack Rooke’s Dawn Of A New Gay

Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, September 2019

Where Is The Love? 20 Years Of Fight Club

Safe From Harm: How Coil Helped AIDS Awareness On VHS

Celebrity Stink: Alex Ross Perry On Her Smell

A Minor Miracle: Why Brad Pitt Is The Smartest Working Actor

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