30th Anniversary
The Orb's U.F.Orb
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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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Before The Empire Struck Back: Tie-Ins & The Making Of Star Wars
I refuse to beat about the bush here. I was six in 1977, my parents had heard about this ...
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Who's The Daddy Now?: Alan Clarke's SCUM In The Era Of Fake News
It’s difficult to conceive today of a piece of television drama being deemed so controver...
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Into This Wild Abyss: The Existential Terror Of Alien
There's no doubt that Ridley Scott's 2012 Prometheus was a disappointment for fans hoping...
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Anniversary Feature: František Vláčil's Smoke On The Potato Fields Remembered
A lot can happen to a filmmaker in three short years, and in the case of the Czechoslovak...
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Leaving La La Land: A Radical History Of The Musical Film
Damon Chazelle’s La La Land, which comes out on DVD this month, is a bad film; a terrible...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
The Wackness + The Quietus' Top Hip-Hop Tracks of 1994 Gallery
It was probably some time a couple years ago, when all the indie kids were in a mad rush to be ...
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Somers Town: Shane Meadows' Eurostar-Funded Film Reviewed
Somers Town is a very topical setting for a film. This area, cut off from surrounding areas of ...
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army Reviewed
In this summer of the superhero, Hellboy possesses a reassuring runt-of-the-litter appeal. The ...
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Star Wars: Clone Wars. The Quietus Chokes On George Lucas' Table-Scraps
Set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, The Clone Wars is the first fully CGI...
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Lou Reed's Berlin film reviewed: A cinematic remix from director Julian Schnabel
There seems to be an influx of big budget concert films (Scorsese’s Shine A Light and U2 3D mos...
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The Dark Knight Reviewed - The Joker Puts A Smile On Dan Curley's Chops
The summer's most anticipated blockbuster is finally here, and Tim Burton, Michael Keaton and J...
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John Robb on Dirty Harry, American outsider
“I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, ...
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