A Quietus Interview:
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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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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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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Avatar 3D Review - "More Polished Than Hugh Hefner's Cock"
It’s been a long time since James Cameron directed a feature film - 12 years, in fact, since he...
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Where The Wild Things Are: On The Couch With Spike Jonze
Where the Wild Things Are, the new adaptation by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers of Maurice Sendak'...
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Lo-Fi Fright: Paranormal Activity Reviewed
What makes a good horror film? Is it the the blood or the guts? The breasts or the beasts? The ...
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We Live In Public - A Warhol For Our Times?
Does Josh Harris - self-described as "one of the first great artists of the twenty-first centur...
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Poster Children: Died Young, Stayed Pretty Reviewed
Do you remember the music posters you tacked to your teenage bedroom wall? Did the posters’ ico...
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All Tomorrow's Parties The Film Reviewed: The Triumph Of The Fans
From 2000 to 2004, I went to every single All Tomorrow's Parties festival held in this country....
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It's Grim Up North: Michael Winterbottom's Butterfly Kiss
“God’s forgotten me, I kill people and nothing happens!” screams Eunice (Amanda Plummer), a mas...
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Bro' Interrupted: Judd Apatow Talks And Funny People Reviewed
“It’s a look into what we would do with an insight into our own mortality”, offers director Jud...
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