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Modern Masterpiece: 20 Years Of 24 Hour Party People
Earlier this year, while finishing a book on music films I rewatched 24 Hour Party People, Mich...
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It's Fetishised, But Hey, It's Home: Aladdin At 30
Nothing about our collective longing for the 1990s surprises me, even though I was far too youn...
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Viewers Viewing Viewers: Peter Greenaway's Unusual Britishness
Britain has a strange relationship with its most distinctive film auteur, Peter Greenaway: fête...
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‘We Don’t Put Out’: Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains At 40
Prior to 1980, rock and roll films – whether documentaries or dramatisations – mostly told the...
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Rage Was Always the Virus: 28 Days (And 20 Years) Later
There is a moment late in 28 Days Later, when Sergeant Farrell , one of a group of soldiers hol...
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Welcome To Wakaliwood: Africa's Almighty Filmmakers
Frowning under a blinding midday sun, with his camera held like a weapon, Isaac Nabwana yells “...
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Some Velvet Mourning: Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar At 20
Pity Morvern Callar. Or maybe don’t. It’s not every Christmas you wake up with a dead boyfriend...
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Reel Sounds Vol. 5: Electrophonique, Hargrove And More At Doc 'N' Roll 2022
As Brett Morgen’s love letter to David Bowie, Moonage Daydream, continues to keep high profile ...
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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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