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The Quietus' Top 30 Life-Changing Films
Life is moving at a strange pace at the moment. At once on hold and furiously unsettled, days f...
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In Good Faith: Rose Glass On Horror Debut 'Saint Maud'
I only have a brief slice of time with director Rose Glass. We’re alone, but our interview is s...
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Memory Palace: On 'Ask Any Buddy' And The Golden Age Of Gay Porn
Gay desire in art, both high and low, has always been tied to the debate of obscenity in Americ...
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Matters Of The Heart: 20 Years On, Is High Fidelity The Best Rom-Com Ever Made?
It used to be that my favourite romantic comedies were the ones in which the main couple didn’t...
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Haunted House: 40 Years Of 'The Changeling'
“I knew about pain, a lot. And I knew about being frightened.” – Peter Medak “This…” noted Ro...
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On Greatness: The Wonder Of The Lowest-Grossing Film In UK Box Office History
On Friday September 14, 2007, three years after its premiere at the Gdynia Film Festival and ei...
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Both Sides Now: 'And Then We Danced' And The Urgency Of Tbilisi Pride
“I am weak for folk dance, all folk dance, but there is something so cinematic about Georgian d...
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The People Resist: On 'Bacurau', Bolsonaro & Brazil
A truck runs over cheap-looking coffins on a dirt road, sending splintered wood flying. Signage...
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The Damned United & A Handful Of Non-Shit Sports Films
Click here to see our gallery of Sports Films That Weren't Shit. For all the praise heaped upo...
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Anyone For Charlie? Bronson Reviewed
In only a few years on the scene, Vertigo Films has carved out quite a nice little niche for th...
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Watchmen Reviewed: Has Zack Snyder Killed The Comic Book Adaptation?
You probably know that Watchmen is a movie based on this totally awesome comic book that Alan M...
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Gran Torino And The Death Of The American Hero
Click here for our gallery of cinematic swan songs Legend has it that Laurence Olivier once to...
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F**K Reviewed & A Profanisaurus Of Cinema's Best Swearing
Click here for the Quietus Cinema Profanisaurus gallery In Britain, the half-time show at the 2...
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Bizarre Love Triangles on Film
See our gallery of Bizarre Love Triangles I'm always wary of films tagged with phrases like "c...
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Who Killed Nancy? New Sex Pistols Doc Reviewed
In a world supposedly transfixed by celebrity, now is maybe as good a time as any to exhume the...
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The Laughing Noam - Manufacturing Consent Revisited
Coincidentally, the night before watching this extensively expanded reissue of the 1992 documen...
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