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In The Driver's Seat: The Demented Fun Of ByNWR
Despite them both being inspiring and loving tributes to unique independent filmmakers, Tim Bur...
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Echoes Of Utopia: 40 Years Of 'Cruising'
There’s one particular scene which springs to mind when I think of William Friedkin’s Cruising....
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The Master’s Amusement Park: The Up And Down Cinema Of Bong Joon-ho
With Parasite, Bong Joon-ho has solidified his reputation as a singular master of cinema. His ...
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The Star Wars Of Horror: 30 Years Of Nightbreed
In a recent interview with horror historian Stephen Thrower, I asked what he thought had been w...
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Trouble At Sea: Maritime Superstition In The Lighthouse, Sea Fever And Harpoon
There’s a moment in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse where Ephraim Winslow violently murders a sea...
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Chest Always So Puffed Guy: American Psycho At 20
Of Mary Harron’s 2000 adaptation of 1991 Wall Street satire American Psycho, its author, Bret E...
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Lap Me Up: The Surrealism Of Sexy Beast At 20
Gal Dove is a happy man. His days as a grimy London safecracker are over. England? “It’s a dump...
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Diamonds In The Rough: The Sympathetic Stress Machines Of The Safdie Brothers
To be a protagonist in a film by the Safdie brothers is to consistently struggle to keep your h...
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Mirror's Image: Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces Review
About twenty years ago, Pedro Almodovar started taking photos of the posters for his films on b...
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Barbarism After Auschwitz: Inglourious Basterds Reviewed
Hollywood has been churning out Nazi films like they're going out of style. Over the past year ...
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Solipsism Syndrome: Duncan Jones' Debut Moon Reviewed
Several months ago, teasers and gossip surrounding Duncan Jones's debut feature Moon seemed to ...
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A Family Affair: Claire Denis' 35 Shots Of Rum Reviewed
There was a time when it was a big deal - seeing black actors on screen. In a way, it still is ...
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Hell to Pay: Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi was watching the section in Pan's Labyrinth where young Ofelia has just escaped the t...
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Memories Of The Future: Terminator Salvation Reviewed
The best parts in the original Terminator were those few elusive glimpses of the post-judgment ...
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Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York Reviewed
At his best, Charlie Kaufman is a brilliant surrealist whose inventive premises draw attention ...
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Star Trek Reviewed Plus The Odd-Numbered Films Reassessed
They've been piping Star Trek out, in some form or other, since 1966. It's old, but then it's b...
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