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Bugs, Armour And Talking Thumbs: Things Learned At The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Is VR the new kid on the block? 'Storyscapes projects' now in its fourth year at New Yo...
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Injustice For All: Ripley's Game Remembered
Welcome to Injustice For All, a semi-regular feature here on The Quietus in which we ask ...
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Revenge Of The Auteur: Nymphomaniac's Musical Miscellany
The choice of music used in Lars von Trier’s 2013 film Nymphomaniac may seem scattershot ...
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Injustice For All: The Quietus Writers Pick Their Favourite Underrated Films
Life isn't fair, so it stands to reason that neither is the world of film. For every crit...
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Beyond The Parking Lot: The Art Of The Metal Documentary
Thirty years ago next month, a 16-minute, no-budget documentary titled Heavy Metal Parkin...
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Feel The Payne: The (Mostly) Tragic History Of Video Game Adaptations
After years of abject failure, video game adaptations are making a return, with films lik...
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All Reality Is Virtual: Waking Life Reassessed
"Y'know, they say that dreams are real only as long as they last. Couldn’t you say the sa...
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Rising To The Occasion: Ben Wheatley's Cinematic Baker's Dozen
Ever since Ben Wheatley made Down Terrace in 2008, he has been changing perceptions of wh...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Zack and Miri And The Sex Industry On The Silver Screen
Relocating from his New Jersey comfort zone to the not-entirely-dissimilar locale of snowy Pitt...
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Christmas On Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring The Flaming Lips
This is exactly what you would imagine a Flaming Lips feature film to be like. It is prepostero...
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Crap Horror Enters The 3rd Dimension: Scar 3D Reviewed
Long story short… some years ago, precocious teenager Joan and her friend accept hospitality fr...
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Did Oliver Stone Go Easy on George Bush? W. Reviewed
W., while intermittently amusing, is not what it could or should have been. Since Oliver Stone ...
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The Passion of Bobby Sands: Hunger Reviewed
Many films are made about brave individuals taking a stand against an unshakeable authority and...
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The Short Films of David Lynch: A Film by Film Review
davidlynch.com can be a scary place late at night. Shuffling aimlessly through its dark pages a...
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Quantum Of Solace Reviewed - Is It The Worst Bond Yet?
Pierce Brosnan once described the enduring appeal of the James Bond movies thus: “It’s the wo...
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Remembering Eraserhead, and 20 More of the Best Movie Posters Ever
I sometimes wish I hadn’t done a runner from my last house. Granted, I owed the obese landlord ...
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