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Cut! Not Enough Hollywood Directors Know When To Quit
In his last major film, Orson Welles mused on the inevitable death of all artists, “Our s...
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Films For Music: The Pet Shop Boys' It Couldn't Happen Here Revisited
The rise of the music video coincided with the rise of the VHS – inevitably, the two quic...
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Films Through The Window: The Cinema Of Bruno Dumont
Almost two years ago to the day, Bruno Dumont’s sixth feature, Hors Satan, received its p...
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Alien Charisma: The Creatures Of Ray Harryhausen
For all lovers of adventure films, Ray Harryhausen is one of the most magically charged n...
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New Maps Of Hell: Why Evil Dead Fails To Bring The Fear
I've got to admit to being pretty excited by the idea of Fede Alvarez's take on The Evil ...
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Films For Music: Neil Young's Human Highway Reappraised
December 1985, a courthouse in Los Angeles. Sally Kirkland has filed a lawsuit against De...
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"Feared & Respected": The English National Character In Sightseers
Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, available now on DVD, is many things: a funny, shocking road m...
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Things Learned At The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Joseph Burnett writes The Empire Never Ended Sci-fi fans might recognise the above stat...
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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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