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Film Features
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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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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