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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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Hollywood Endgame: The Boring Messianism Of The Avengers
Given absolute power, the sudden capacity to do literally anything, without limit, what would y...
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Lost In Music: Brian Welsh & Kieran Hurley Talk Beats
Brian Welsh’s pulsating new film Beats focuses on two working-class Scottish lads in 1994. John...
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In Space No-One Can Hear You Think: Claire Denis's High Life
Initial reviews of Claire Denis’ new film, High Life, following its preview at the Toronto Film...
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The Ghost Of Pictures Past: Reveries And Revenants At Glasgow Film Festival
The city of Glasgow is ideally sized for a film festival; you can immerse yourself in the headl...
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Life Through A Screen: Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade
Hollywood has often looked to childhood – especially those formative teenage years with their h...
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Simon Jablonski's Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Ballast By locating the story within a remote, dusty bubble – seemingly far from the reaches o...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Patagonia There must have been something swooning round the collective Welsh consciousness ove...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Confessions As a storyteller, Tetsuya Nakashima is unique in cinema. Outlandish and horrific s...
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Odd Events In Country Houses: Never Let Me Go Reviewed
The country house is enjoying quite the televisual renaissance. Over the last year we’ve had Ti...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
The Fighter This isn’t strictly a boxing film. It’s about boxing in a similar way that The God...
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The Sins Of The Father: Lemmy The Movie
If quantum theory is be believed then there’s no doubt a film about Lemmy doing the rounds in a...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
NEDS A violently gripping portrayal of gang culture in 1970s Glasgow, NEDS examines in subvers...
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Friday Film Round-Up: Gasland, Blue Valentine & Travellers Reviewed
Gasland The great Western didn't die or lose relevance; it just morphed and transmuted into th...
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