The Year So Far
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Film Features
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Frankly Madeira Don't Give A Damn: Micro International Film Festival
Maybe it was just my anticipation, or a keen sense of journalistic openness and duty, but...
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Still The Enemy Within: How Film & TV Dealt With The Miners' Strike
"Much as I admire Billy Elliot and anything that makes people aware of the strike, at the...
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The Extinction Of Reality: The Counselor Reassessed
When it was released in 2013, The Counselor drew reviews so scathing that they created a ...
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No Clear Duality: American Sniper And The Modern War Film
The awards season has delivered a decidedly mixed verdict on American Sniper. To the surp...
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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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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
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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