A Quietus Interview:
James Holden
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Fisherman's Friend: Mark Jenkin’s Bait
Image courtesy: Bait film I saw Bait at the Berlin Film Festival and chose it randomly based on...
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"They’re Selling Hippie Wigs In Woolworths": 1969 On Film
It was a freezing, drizzly night when revellers thronged Times Square to ring in the new year. ...
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Deadpan: Jim Jarmusch's Political Take On The Zombie Film
Jim Jarmusch's THE DEAD DON'T DIE, a Focus Features release. Credit : Abbot Genser / Focus Feat...
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Touching Cloth: Peter Strickland On Work And Clothing
In a high street department store, a woman buys a dress in the winter sales to wear on a blind ...
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4 Years Ahead Of His Time: Stewart Lee & Michael Cumming On The Nightingales
My interview slot has been pushed back by an hour. I’m at the Sea Change festival, where I’m to...
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The Utopia Of Rules: 14 Paragraphs About John Wick
The John Wick films have been good largely because of all the things they don’t do. It is a kin...
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“Henry Is A Total Blank”: David Lynch On The Origins Of Eraserhead
Photo credit: Dean Hurley Jack, Jack’s dog Five, and my brother, John, drove cross country from...
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Napoli Ever After? The Rise And Fall Of Diego Maradona
Living in the shadow of a volcano must add a certain frisson to one’s existence. You get to enj...
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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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