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Samurai Of The Beholder: Kurosawa's Legacy Reassessed
Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s samurai films have played a decisive role in...
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Blank Generation: Jim Jarmusch's Permanent Vacation
Permanent Vacation, the 1980 feature-length debut from American auteur Jim Jarmusch, is p...
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The Broken Nest: Satyajit Ray's Charulata reassessed
Of all Satyajit Ray’s films, his 1964 domestic drama Charulata (The Lonely Wife) was famo...
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"Too Much The Darkness" The Werner Herzog Soundtracks Of Popol Vuh
“As a German filmmaker after the war, we grew up as - not only me, but all my peers - we ...
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Strangeness Just Around The Corner: Quietus Writers On Studio Ghibli
Waking up on Monday to garbled – and, it turns out, less than accurate – reports that Jap...
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The Hidden Eye: Charlie Siskel On Finding Vivian Maier
Imagine winning over 100,000 photographs by an unknown female photographer in an auction....
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A Bigger Bloat: The Hollywood Blockbuster Taken To Task
One of the most significant milestones in recent cinema history occurred in a film you’re...
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Hair Comes Tomorrow: The Planet Of The Apes Films Reassesed
The Planet Of The Apes series has had a curious longevity. The original 1968 classic was ...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Valkyrie: Riding Roughshod Over History?
Plus: Scroll down for Shot From Both Sides: Cinema From The Enemy's Point of View The old adag...
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Setting The Standard: Role Models Reviewed
Making a comedic film requires a very difficult balancing act. As per the conventions of mainst...
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Indie Auteur: A Conversation With Joe Swanberg, 'Mumblecore' Lynchpin
Joe Swanberg made quite an impression at last year's London Film Festival with his latest work ...
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Reviewed
I have put off writing this article for too many days now. The reason for this is not laziness,...
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Cinematic Santas - The Least Convincing And Naughtiest Santas on Film
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, no...
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New Patti Smith Documentary: Dream of Life - Reviewed
A few people, a charmed few, are lucky enough to give off light when a camera is on them. Patti...
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Generation Terrorists: The Baader-Meinhof Group’s Legacy
Growing up on a British Forces base in West Germany at the height of the cold war in the late 7...
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Choke and Cinema's Most Adventurous Book Adaptations
Chuck Palahniuk once said in an interview that his goal as a writer was not to make books which...
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