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International Territory: An Extract From Studio: Remembering Chris Marker
Chris Marker, whose name was not “Chris Marker,” was a play of masks and avatars, an arti...
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Fangs For The Memories: The Lost Boys And The Infantilization Of The Vampire
The vampire as we know it is unrecognisable from the folkloric apparitions of Eastern Eur...
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The Quietus Essay: Okja, The Jungle, Veganism And Food Security
Of all the beguiling rumours that await the sun-seeking Brit abroad, none is so juicy or ...
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Avert Your Eyez: The Trouble With Biopics
All Eyez On Me might be showing in multiplexes all across the country, but expectations w...
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Can I Be Me? Director Nick Broomfield On His Whitney Houston Documentary
Every so often director Nick Broomfield applies his hand-held, investigative style of fil...
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Walking To Nowhere: Alan Clarke's Christine
Even among Alan Clarke’s skeletal, stripped-down late period films, Christine (1987) is r...
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Mud And Flame: Penda's Fen re-examined
If you sat down to watch television on the evening of Thursday the 21st of March 1974, th...
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Fancy A Jump?: 30 Years Of Rita Sue And Bob Too!
When West Yorkshire’s literary culture is discussed, its merits often include a roll call...
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Escaping Suburban Ennui: Date Night And Other Burb Pics
If you are in your 20s and English, you may not really be familiar with the concept of a ‘date ...
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Kick Ass Film Review: Faint Hearted, Turn Tail
You probably already know this from the countless rants of foamy-mouthed TV newscasters, but ye...
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Reviewed
Time and time again, the film industry staggers in front of its collective audience like a remo...
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Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island Reviewed
Martin Scorsese has long had a habit of switching cinematic lanes in the wake of blanket acclai...
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Blur Doc No Distance Left To Run Reviewed
"Whoohoo! When I feel heavy metal..." Rockumentaries by their very nature start with the conce...
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Baiting The Daily Mail: A Prophet Reviewed
Will Self, accorded the job of writing an introduction to an updated translation of We by Yevge...
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Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes Reviewed
Pipe smoking? Check. Intellectual prowess? Check. Astute observations and forensic skills? Chec...
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Vice Documentary Swansea Love Story Reviewed
Over a period of six months filming Swansea’s drug-addicted youth, Leo Leigh (son of British au...
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