The Year So Far
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Film Features
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Film Features
Uncast Shadow Of A Southern Myth: O Brother, Where Art Thou? At 20
The twentieth anniversary of the Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? comes at a prescient...
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A Hero's Death: Can Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' Really Save Cinema?
If we’re to believe the hype, then Christopher Nolan’s Tenet isn’t just a movie – it’s the movi...
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He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman
I wanted him to linger. Time slowed down, when he spoke, dusted with his South Carolina drawl. ...
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The Quietus' Top 50 Needle Drop Moments In Film
The world keeps growing darker and the words make less and less sense. This is always why we've...
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Run Dangan Run: How Japan Paved The Way For 'Run Lola Run'
Timing is everything, especially when you're making a film about running. When Thomas Tykwer ...
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You Can Be Anything: On Oscar Micheaux, History's Most Prolific African American Filmmaker
“An educated Negro,” smirks a crooked policeman in Oscar Micheaux’s Birthright (1938), “Is a da...
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O Captain: Is Robert Altman's Popeye Still A Failure 40 Years On?
Created by cartoonist E.C. Segar in 1929, Popeye has always been one of the stranger icons of A...
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Unprecedented Times: On 'The Long Good Friday' And A Vulnerable Britain
Take a walk around London or Manchester today, and there’s one thing their skylines have in com...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Valkyrie: Riding Roughshod Over History?
Plus: Scroll down for Shot From Both Sides: Cinema From The Enemy's Point of View The old adag...
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Setting The Standard: Role Models Reviewed
Making a comedic film requires a very difficult balancing act. As per the conventions of mainst...
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Indie Auteur: A Conversation With Joe Swanberg, 'Mumblecore' Lynchpin
Joe Swanberg made quite an impression at last year's London Film Festival with his latest work ...
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Reviewed
I have put off writing this article for too many days now. The reason for this is not laziness,...
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Cinematic Santas - The Least Convincing And Naughtiest Santas on Film
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, no...
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New Patti Smith Documentary: Dream of Life - Reviewed
A few people, a charmed few, are lucky enough to give off light when a camera is on them. Patti...
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Generation Terrorists: The Baader-Meinhof Group’s Legacy
Growing up on a British Forces base in West Germany at the height of the cold war in the late 7...
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Choke and Cinema's Most Adventurous Book Adaptations
Chuck Palahniuk once said in an interview that his goal as a writer was not to make books which...
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