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Claudio With A Chance Of Pain: Simonetti On Profondo Rosso
Say 'Dario Argento' and people think 'Goblin'. Say 'Goblin' and people think 'Suspiria'. ...
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Stepping Into A Nightmare World: Animator Carla MacKinnon Interviewed
The London Short Film Festival (LSFF), currently running in venues throughout the city, h...
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The Maim Event - Johnny Ryan On The Prison Pit Animation
It's the simple things, innit? That's what they tell us. Those simple pleasures that sati...
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There's Something About Stanley: Kubrick's Strange Science Of Obsession
Kubrick’s Gold “The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.” ...
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Jungle VIP: The Secret Behind Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
Four decades is a long time to keep a secret. Sure, that silence has been bought - and at...
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A Map Of Growing Up: Stephen Lee Naish On The Bachelor Party
In the late eighties/early nineties my parents would often record films that were shown o...
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Poetry And Propaganda: Ten Lesser Known Films About The Great War
A few miles from where I sit typing this in Brighton, East Sussex, there is a care home c...
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Fight Cub: Marwan Kenzari and Nasrdin Dchar Talk Wolf
Dutch film maker Jim Taihuttu had the honour of closing this year’s Raindance Film Festiv...
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Mirror's Image: Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces Review
About twenty years ago, Pedro Almodovar started taking photos of the posters for his films on b...
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Barbarism After Auschwitz: Inglourious Basterds Reviewed
Hollywood has been churning out Nazi films like they're going out of style. Over the past year ...
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Solipsism Syndrome: Duncan Jones' Debut Moon Reviewed
Several months ago, teasers and gossip surrounding Duncan Jones's debut feature Moon seemed to ...
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A Family Affair: Claire Denis' 35 Shots Of Rum Reviewed
There was a time when it was a big deal - seeing black actors on screen. In a way, it still is ...
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Hell to Pay: Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi was watching the section in Pan's Labyrinth where young Ofelia has just escaped the t...
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Memories Of The Future: Terminator Salvation Reviewed
The best parts in the original Terminator were those few elusive glimpses of the post-judgment ...
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Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York Reviewed
At his best, Charlie Kaufman is a brilliant surrealist whose inventive premises draw attention ...
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Star Trek Reviewed Plus The Odd-Numbered Films Reassessed
They've been piping Star Trek out, in some form or other, since 1966. It's old, but then it's b...
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