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You Can Be Anything: On Oscar Micheaux, History's Most Prolific African American Filmmaker
“An educated Negro,” smirks a crooked policeman in Oscar Micheaux’s Birthright (1938), “Is a da...
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O Captain: Is Robert Altman's Popeye Still A Failure 40 Years On?
Created by cartoonist E.C. Segar in 1929, Popeye has always been one of the stranger icons of A...
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Unprecedented Times: On 'The Long Good Friday' And A Vulnerable Britain
Take a walk around London or Manchester today, and there’s one thing their skylines have in com...
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Eyes Wide Open: Perception And Reality In 'Memento' At 20
“I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have...
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Dangerous Liaisons: The Legacy Of 'Dressed To Kill' At 40
In the 40 years since the stormy release of Brian De Palma’s erotic thriller Dressed To Kill, t...
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Everyday Magic: 'Whisper Of The Heart' And The Experience Of Wonder
A sweeping, panoramic view of the Tokyo cityscape, all blinking neon lights and bustling traffi...
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Lost Souls In A Lost Decade: Maborosi And Koreeda’s Ozu Problem
The Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda, perhaps understandably, is a little tired of the compa...
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The Killing Joke: War Comedy In 'Da 5 Bloods' And 'Apocalypse Now'
In MAS*H, Robert Altman’s 1970 goofy Vietnam war satire, Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan pro...
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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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